Name: Antique Master Print-HENRI-II-DORLEANS-DUC-LONGUEVILLE-Nanteuil-Champaigne-1655
SKU: PICTURA-12780
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Antique Master Print-HENRI-II-DORLEANS-DUC-LONGUEVILLE-Nanteuil-Champaigne-1655

€185.00

‘AROUND OVAL: “HENRI D’ORLEANS, DVC DE LONGVEVILLE ET D’ESTOVTEVILLE, PAIR DE FRANCE, PRINCE SOVVRAIN DE NEVCHASTEL, &C.” LOWER LEFT: “CHAMPAIGNE PIN.” LOWER RIGHT: “NANTEUIL SCULPEBAT. 55.” BELOW PEDESTAL A FRENCH VERSE BEGINNING: “C’EST LE FAMEUX HENRY, LES AMOURS DE NOSTRE ÂGE…”‘

– Oval engraved portrait of Henri II d’Orléans, Duc de Longueville, shown half-length and facing slightly to the viewer’s right. He wears armor and a sash with an elegant lace collar, his long curled hair and moustache reflecting aristocratic fashion of mid-seventeenth-century France. The portrait is set within an oval frame and rests on a pedestal containing a French laudatory verse celebrating his character and achievements. Henri II d’Orléans, Duc de Longueville (1595–1663), was a prominent French nobleman, governor, and military leader who played an important role in the political life of France during the seventeenth century.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 18.4 x 26.2 cm (7.24 x 10.31 inch). Image size: 15 x 20 cm. (5.91 x 7.87 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.

HENRI II D’ORLÉANS PORTRAIT, DUC DE LONGUEVILLE ENGRAVING, ROBERT NANTEUIL PORTRAIT, 17TH CENTURY FRENCH NOBLE PORTRAIT, ANTIQUE FRENCH ENGRAVING | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

State: State I/III.

Reference: Petitjean & Wickert 248-249.129; Adamczak 167.85.

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.