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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
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Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Michel Amelot

1675

Robert Nanteuil

Associated Names

Robert Nanteuil

Artist, French, 1623 - 1678

The image shows a man's upper torso positioned in a three-quarter view facing slightly to the left, displaying his facial features. The man has a solemn expression with medium-length wavy hair falling around his shoulders. He wears a formal clerical robe with a wide white collar and a large cross pendant around his neck. The background is a textured surface framed by an oval border with inscriptions, resembling a classical engraved portrait.

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.6661
Catalogue Raisonné

Petitjean/Wickert 1927, no. 3, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1927

Petitjean, Charles and Ch. Wickert. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Robert Nanteuil. Paris: Loys Delteil et Maurice Le Garrec, 1927.

Wikidata ID

Q65025364

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