, Antique Master Print-FRANCOIS-MALLIER-DU-HOUSSAY-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-Velut-1656, Pictura Antique Prints
, Antique Master Print-FRANCOIS-MALLIER-DU-HOUSSAY-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-Velut-1656, Pictura Antique Prints

Antique Master Print-FRANCOIS-MALLIER-DU-HOUSSAY-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-Velut-1656

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€185.00

‘LOWER LEFT: “VELUT PINX.” LOWER RIGHT: “NANTEUIL SCULPEBAT.” COAT OF ARMS BENEATH PORTRAIT.’

– Fine engraved portrait of François Mallier du Houssay shown half-length and facing slightly to the right. He wears clerical dress with a broad collar and a cross suspended from a chain, indicating his ecclesiastical rank. The portrait is enclosed within a refined oval frame and beneath it appears a heraldic coat of arms surmounted by a cardinal’s hat with tassels. François Mallier du Houssay (1601–1676) was a French churchman who served as Archbishop of Rouen and played an important role in the ecclesiastical and political life of seventeenth-century France.

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SKU: PICTURA-12794 Category: Tag:

Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26 x 32 cm (10.24 x 12.6 inch). Image size: 22 x 27 cm. (8.66 x 10.63 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.

FRANÇOIS MALLIER DU HOUSSAY PORTRAIT, ROBERT NANTEUIL ENGRAVING, FRENCH ARCHBISHOP PORTRAIT ENGRAVING, 17TH CENTURY FRENCH CLERGY PORTRAIT PRINT, NANTEUIL PORTRAIT ENGRAVING | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

State: State II/III.

Reference: Petitjean & Wickert 148.

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.

Biography artist: Velut was a French painter active in the seventeenth century.

Additional information

Dimensions 32 × 26 × 1 cm

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