, Antique Master Print-DOMINIQUE-DE-LIGNY-BISHOP-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1661, Pictura Antique Prints
, Antique Master Print-DOMINIQUE-DE-LIGNY-BISHOP-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1661, Pictura Antique Prints

Antique Master Print-DOMINIQUE-DE-LIGNY-BISHOP-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-1661

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€185.00

‘AROUND OVAL: “DOMINICUS DE LIGNY MELDENENSIS EPISCOPUS.” LOWER INSCRIPTION: “NANTEUIL AD VIVUM PINXIT ET SCULPSIT 1661.”‘

– Oval portrait of Dominique de Ligny, Bishop of Meaux, shown half-length wearing clerical dress with a large collar and a pectoral cross suspended from a chain. The portrait is framed within an elegant oval cartouche with ornamental details and the sitter’s name and title engraved around the border. Beneath the frame appears a coat of arms identifying the bishop.

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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.

DOMINIQUE DE LIGNY PORTRAIT, ROBERT NANTEUIL ENGRAVING, FRENCH BISHOP PORTRAIT PRINT, 17TH CENTURY FRENCH ENGRAVING, MELUN BISHOP PORTRAIT | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Petitjean/Wickert 126.

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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