Chancellor Pierre Seguier

1657

Robert Nanteuil after Charles Le Brun

Associated Names
Robert Nanteuil

Artist, French, 1623 - 1678

Charles Le Brun

Artist After, French, 1619 - 1690

The image displays an engraved portrait of a man depicted from the chest up within an oval border. The man has long, curly hair, a mustache, and a tufted goatee. His facial expression is neutral, and he is dressed in formal attire with a wide-collared white ruff and a dark, textured outer garment. There is an insignia on his chest and several decorative elements surrounding the portrait. Engraved letters encircle the portrait, and a coat of arms is featured at the bottom within the frame. The background consists of closely spaced vertical lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6550

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Petitjean/Wickert 1927, no. 208, State i/iv


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

Q65025421

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