The Portrait Society | Robert Nanteuil
18/9/1997 | 4th quarter 20th centuryCharcoal and acrylic on canvasH x L : 50 x 40 cm
Robert Nanteuil was a French engraver, draughtsman and pastellist. His first known work is the title page for his thesis in philosophy at the Jesuit College in Reims, which he engraved in copper in 1645. Two years later, he moved to Paris. His first portraits are pencil drawings on paper, which he drew directly from the living model. In 1652, his copperplate print portrait of Cardinal Mazarin made him a well-known and much sought-after portraitist. Nanteuil produced a total of eleven portrait prints of King Louis XIV, and he also portrayed many noblemen and the most important officials at the king's court. Nanteuil's head portraits are characterised by their life-size as well as by the renunciation of ornamental accessories and extravagant effects. He was also one of the most talented pastellists of the 17th century. Nanteuil's style shaped French portrait engraving until the end of the 18th century.
Object: The Portrait Society | Robert Nanteuil
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
- Title:
- Enamelled vase
- Date:
- 1874 - 1904
- Inventory Number:
- 1989-DRR/005
- Collection:
- Arts and Crafts
- Domain:
- Glassware
- Arts and Crafts
- Designation:
- Vase
- Iconography:
- Flower
- Inscription(s):
- Signature (Gallé)
- Description:
- Design: ‘Ancolies’. Two handles. Flattened body. Vase parlant with inscription in relief: ‘I see blooming in the middle Of the suite of blue crystal Your pale flowers, past sorrows’. Dominant colour: transparent blue. In relief on the body: Gallé.
- Location:
- Depot
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tina Pfeifer
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tina Pfeifer
Robert Nanteuil was a French engraver, draughtsman and pastellist. His first known work is the title page for his thesis in philosophy at the Jesuit College in Reims, which he engraved in copper in 1645. Two years later, he moved to Paris. His first portraits are pencil drawings on paper, which he drew directly from the living model. In 1652, his copperplate print portrait of Cardinal Mazarin made him a well-known and much sought-after portraitist. Nanteuil produced a total of eleven portrait prints of King Louis XIV, and he also portrayed many noblemen and the most important officials at the king's court. Nanteuil's head portraits are characterised by their life-size as well as by the renunciation of ornamental accessories and extravagant effects. He was also one of the most talented pastellists of the 17th century. Nanteuil's style shaped French portrait engraving until the end of the 18th century.
Object: The Portrait Society | Robert Nanteuil
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
- Title:
- Enamelled vase
- Date:
- 1874 - 1904
- Inventory Number:
- 1989-DRR/005
- Collection:
- Arts and Crafts
- Domain:
- Glassware
- Arts and Crafts
- Designation:
- Vase
- Iconography:
- Flower
- Inscription(s):
- Signature (Gallé)
- Description:
- Design: ‘Ancolies’. Two handles. Flattened body. Vase parlant with inscription in relief: ‘I see blooming in the middle Of the suite of blue crystal Your pale flowers, past sorrows’. Dominant colour: transparent blue. In relief on the body: Gallé.
- Location:
- Depot
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tina Pfeifer
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tina Pfeifer