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Louis XIV
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale. It should not be shared or reproduced without permission by the copyright holder.

Louis XIV

Primary (Rheims, France, 1623–Paris, France, 1678)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1662
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 14 3/4 × 12 1/16 in. (37.5 × 30.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1898
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1898
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Label Text
In 1661, the year Louis XIV came of age and ascended the throne, Robert Nanteuil drew the pastel study for this print at Fontainebleau. Nanteuil engraved no less than eleven potraits of the King, only one of which reproduced a work by another artist. Such evidence that the engraver was received at court and sketched the King from life attests to the extent of printmakers’ newly acquired social status.
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