, Antique Master Print-CHARLES-MAURICE-LE-TELLIER-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1661, Pictura Antique Prints
, Antique Master Print-CHARLES-MAURICE-LE-TELLIER-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1661, Pictura Antique Prints

Antique Master Print-CHARLES-MAURICE-LE-TELLIER-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1661

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€185.00

‘AROUND OVAL: “CAR. MAVRITIVS LE TELLIER ARCHIEPISCOPVS RHEMENSIS CAPELLANVS REGIS PRIMVS ETC.” LOWER MARGIN: “R. NANTEUIL AD VIVUM PINXIT ET SCULPSIT 1670.”‘

– Oval portrait of Charles-Maurice Le Tellier shown half-length wearing clerical robes with a broad collar and a pectoral cross. The portrait is framed within an elegant oval cartouche and rests above a pedestal displaying his heraldic coat of arms. Charles-Maurice Le Tellier (1642–1710) was a prominent French churchman who became Archbishop of Reims and a significant figure in the ecclesiastical politics of the reign of Louis XIV.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26 x 33 cm (10.24 x 12.99 inch). Image size: 22 x 29 cm. (8.66 x 11.42 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soiling and creases. Trimmed, as common. Remains of paper tape on rear from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHARLES MAURICE LE TELLIER PORTRAIT, ROBERT NANTEUIL ENGRAVING, ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS PORTRAIT, 17TH CENTURY FRENCH ENGRAVING, FRENCH CLERGY PORTRAIT | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

State: State I/IV.

Reference: Petitjean/Wickert 121.

Biography engraver: Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678) was a celebrated French portrait engraver and draughtsman, active in Paris. He was known for his finely detailed and lifelike engravings, particularly of French nobility and clergy. Appointed official portrait engraver to Louis XIV in 1657.

Additional information

Dimensions 33 × 26 × 1 cm

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