Guillaume de Lamoignon
17th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 3/16 in. (24.2 x 18.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lev Tsitrin, 2000
Accession Number
2000.416.49
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking 17th-century engraving portrays Guillaume de Lamoignon, a distinguished French magistrate and president of the Parlement of Paris. Created through the collaborative efforts of master engravers Robert Nanteuil and Gérard Edelinck, the print captures the subject with remarkable precision and dignity. The inclusion of a coat of arms underscores Lamoignon’s noble status and public authority during the reign of Louis XIV, when such portraits served to celebrate influential figures in French society. Nanteuil and Edelinck were leading practitioners of the period’s refined engraving te...
About the Artist
Robert Nanteuil|Gérard Edelinck · 1623–1678
Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678) was a French portrait engraver, draughtsman, and pastellist who became the preeminent portraitist to the court of Louis XIV. His technical mastery and royal patronage fundamentally transformed the status of engraving in France, elevating it from a mechanical craft to a recognized fine art. Nanteuil stands as the outstanding French portrait engraver of the seventeenth c...