Name: Antique Master Print-CHARLES-MAURICE-LE-TELLIER-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1661
SKU: PICTURA-12770
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Antique Master Print-CHARLES-MAURICE-LE-TELLIER-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1661

€185.00

‘AROUND OVAL: “CAROLVS MAVRITIVS LE TELLIER ABBAS ET COMES LATINIACENSIS.” LOWER MARGIN: “NANTEUIL AD VIVUM PINX. SCULPSIT. EXCUDEBAT CUM PRIVILEGIO REGIS 1663.”‘

– Fine oval portrait of Charles-Maurice Le Tellier shown half-length wearing clerical dress with a broad white collar. The sitter faces slightly to the viewer’s left with a composed expression. The portrait is surrounded by an engraved oval frame containing the Latin title and rests above a pedestal displaying his heraldic coat of arms. Charles-Maurice Le Tellier (1642–1710) was a French ecclesiastic and later Archbishop of Reims, a prominent church figure during the reign of Louis XIV.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 25.4 x 32.6 cm (10 x 12.83 inch). Image size: 22 x 28 cm. (8.66 x 11.02 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/II.

Reference: Robert-Dumesnil 138; Petitjean & Wickert 119-1.

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.