Artist
Robert Nanteuil(French, 1623–1678)French, 1623–1678
CultureFrench
Titles
- Portrait of Louis XIV
Date1664
MediumEngraving on laid paper, state II/V
DimensionsPlate: 19 1/2 × 16 5/8 in. (49.5 × 42.2 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (52.1 × 42.5 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (52.1 × 42.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.218
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, around perimeter of portrait: NAVARRAE REX LVDOVICVS XIIII / FRANCIAE ET DEI GRATIA
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center below stamp: c. 21936
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center left of stamp: RD.156 / P.W. 137 II
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center below stamp: c. 21936
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center left of stamp: RD.156 / P.W. 137 II
Recto: Signed, dated, and inscribed in printed ink, in plate, lower center: R. Nanteuil ad viuum ... Pingebat et Sculpebat cum Privilegio Regis 1664.
Verso: Stamp in ink, lower center: FURSTL. WALDBURG / KUPFERSTICHKABINET / WULFEGG'sches [crown and shield emblem in center, text around edges in a circle]
Recto: Watermark, lower center: [unidentified emblem]
Recto: Watermark, lower center: [unidentified emblem]
Catalogue raisonnéPetitjean & Wiskert 137 (II/V)
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