Name: Antique Master Print-CARDINAL-JULES-MAZARIN-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1655
SKU: PICTURA-12786
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Antique Master Print-CARDINAL-JULES-MAZARIN-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1655

€210.00

‘IN OVAL BORDER: “NANTEUIL” AND “FACIEBAT 1655.” BELOW COAT OF ARMS: “DAT FORMAS ADIMITQUE.” LATIN VERSES BENEATH.’

– Fine engraved portrait of Cardinal Jules Mazarin shown half-length within a decorative oval wreath-like frame tied with ribbons. Mazarin faces slightly toward the viewer and wears clerical dress with a broad collar and skullcap. Beneath the portrait appears a pedestal bearing a Latin inscription praising him as a conqueror of disorder and a pacifier of the world. Jules Mazarin (1602–1661) was an Italian-born cardinal and one of the most powerful statesmen of seventeenth-century France. As chief minister under the young Louis XIV, he guided the monarchy through the turbulent period of the Fronde and strengthened royal authority in France.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24 x 31 cm (9.45 x 12.2 inch). Image size: 21 x 26 cm. (8.27 x 10.24 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.

CARDINAL JULES MAZARIN PORTRAIT, ROBERT NANTEUIL ENGRAVING, MAZARIN PORTRAIT ENGRAVING 1655, FRENCH CARDINAL PORTRAIT PRINT, 17TH CENTURY FRENCH STATESMAN ENGRAVING | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

State: State III/III.

Reference: Petitjean & Wickert 156.

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.