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Uniform Title:

Robert Nanteuil Collection.

Creator:

Nanteuil, Robert, 1623-1678.

Publication / Origin:

ca. 1638 – 1678.

Abstract:

In 1966, collector and Francophile John Douglas Gordon, class of 1905, donated a collection of 134 engravings by Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678) to Firestone Library's Graphic Arts collection in memory of his wife, Janet Munday Gordon. Nanteuil was Royal Engraver to Louis XIV, the outstanding portraitist of his age, and, thanks to Gordon, Princeton holds impressions from approximately one half of the plates completed by Nanteuil.

Size:

136 prints.

Table of contents:

box 1. Amelot through De Coislin -- box 2. De Fieubet through Dulieu -- box 3. Dupuy through Lalement -- box 4. Longueville through Voiture -- drawer B3. Oversize portraits, including Nanteuil's self-portrait -- drawer G5. Extra-oversize portrait of Louis XIV.

Subjects:

Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666 — Portraits.

Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 1619-1683 — Portraits.

Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680 — Portraits.

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 — Portraits.

Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661 — Portraits.

Orleans, Philippe, duc d', 1640-1701 — Portraits.

Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642 — Portraits.

Nanteuil, Robert, 1623-1678 — Portraits.

Bishops in art.

Kings and rulers in art.

Statesmen — France.

Queens in art.

Medium / Genre:

Graphic.

Engravings.

Portrait prints, French..