Name: Antique Master Print-LEONOR-GOYON-DE-MATIGNON-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-Antoninus-1657
SKU: PICTURA-12796
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Antique Master Print-LEONOR-GOYON-DE-MATIGNON-PORTRAIT-Nanteuil-Antoninus-1657

€185.00

‘LOWER LEFT: “R.P. PATER ANTONINUS AD VIVUM DELINEAVIT.” LOWER RIGHT: “NANTEUIL SCULP.” COAT OF ARMS BENEATH PORTRAIT.’

– Fine engraved portrait of Léonor Goyon de Matignon shown half-length and facing slightly toward the viewer. He wears clerical dress with a broad collar and a cross suspended from a chain, indicating his ecclesiastical rank. The portrait is enclosed within an elegant oval frame and beneath it appears a heraldic coat of arms. Léonor Goyon de Matignon (1604–1680) was a French churchman who served as Bishop of Coutances and was an influential figure within the French clergy during the seventeenth century.

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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. Remains of paper tape on rear from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LÉONOR GOYON DE MATIGNON PORTRAIT, ROBERT NANTEUIL ENGRAVING, FRENCH BISHOP 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.

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: Pater Antoninus was a seventeenth-century cleric and draughtsman.