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Cardinal de Retz

1650

Robert Nanteuil

Associated Names

Robert Nanteuil

Artist, French, 1623 - 1678

It is a portrait of a man facing slightly left. He has a slightly rounded face, pronounced eyebrows, deep-set eyes, a prominent nose, and a small mustache. He has wavy, mid-length hair and is wearing a clerical robe with an embellished pattern and high collar. Around his neck is a chain with a large cross pendant. The background is a simple, lightly patterned surface.

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.6559
Catalogue Raisonné

Petitjean/Wickert 1927, no. 199, 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

Q65025167

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