Portret van Pierre Séguier
Robert Nanteuil
1657
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
328; 252
About this artwork
Portret van Pierre Séguier, hertog van Villemor en Saint-Liébaute, met het insigne van de orde van de Heilige Geest (Saint-Esprit). Een ovale omlijsting met tekst, onderaan een wapenschild.
About the Artist
Robert Nanteuil · 1623–1678
Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678) was a French portrait engraver, draughtsman, and pastellist who became the preeminent portraitist to the court of Louis XIV. His technical mastery and royal patronage fundamentally transformed the status of engraving in France, elevating it from a mechanical craft to a recognized fine art. Nanteuil stands as the outstanding French portrait engraver of the seventeenth c...