Robert Nanteuil
Portrait of Louis XIV

Portrait of Louis XIV

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Portrait of Louis XIV
ArtistFrench, 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)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.218
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceFürstlich Waldburg Wolfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett (Cabinet d'estampes des Princes de Waldburg-Waldsee), Wolfegg en Wurtemberg, Germany (Lugt 2542, not in the collection sales in Stuttgart, May 20-24, 1901, May 12-15, 1902, May 27-29, 1903); [Paul McCarron, Fine Prints, New York, by 2004]; Dr. Lewis Colson, Chicago, 2004-2011; [Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, by 2011-2012]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.




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
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]
Catalogue raisonnéPetitjean & Wiskert 137 (II/V)

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