Louise Adelaide d'Orleans abbesse de Chelles.
Pierre Imbert Drevet
c. 1719 - c. 1726
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
176; 241
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 241 mm x breedte 176 mm
Art Historical Context
This engraving by Pierre-Imbert Drevet portrays Louise Adélaïde d’Orléans, daughter of the Regent Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, in her role as Abbess of Chelles. between roughly 1719 and 1726, the print captures her shortly after she took religious vows and assumed leadership of the historic Benedictine abbey. Drevet, a leading French engraver of the early eighteenth century, specialized in refined portrait prints that translated the elegance of painted likenesses into precise black-and-white lines. The medium itself is noteworthy: engraving allowed such images to circulate widely among colle...