Anne of Austria, Queen of France and Navarre

1660

Robert Nanteuil after Pierre Mignard I

Associated Names
Robert Nanteuil

Artist, French, 1623 - 1678

Pierre Mignard I

Artist After, French, 1612 - 1695

The image shows an engraving of a woman with a bust portrait. She is facing slightly to her left, looking directly at the viewer. The woman has a softly rounded face, a straight and narrow nose, and full lips. Her dark, wavy hair is styled with curls framing her face, and she wears a crown or decorative headpiece. She is dressed in a luxurious gown with an embellished bodice, likely featuring a fleur-de-lis pattern. The gown has ruffles, bows, and elaborate jewelry details. She also wears a pearl necklace. The background has a textured pattern, and a large oval frame surrounds the portrait, with text and a crown and shield emblem at the bottom, indicating her royal status.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 32.3 × 24.8 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6660

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Petitjean/Wickert 1927, no. 4, State ii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn [1783-1861], The Hague and Brussels (Lugt 514); Ambroise Firmin-Didot [1790-1876], Paris (Lugt 119); Alfred Hubert [1831-c.1908], Paris (Lugt 130); Charles M. Petitjean [died c.1925], Versailles and Lausanne (Lugt 608)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1927

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in oval around portrait: REINE DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE [star] ANNE DAVSTRICHE P. L. G. DE DIEV; in plate, at lower left: Mignard Pinxit. Nanteüil sculpebat. 1660.; verso: at top center, in graphite, in later hand: 4 II; at lower center, in graphite, in later hand: Premier état vrai / Avant le trait échoppe / au sommet de l'étoile / Très rare; at bottom right, in later hand: 22 [black ink] / 400 [brown ink]

Markings

recto: none; verso: Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn (Lugt 514); Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119); Alfred Hubert (Lugt 130); Charles M. Petitjean (Lugt 608)

Watermarks

present - to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q65025450

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