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Image Not Available for Chancellor Pierre Séguier, after Nicolas de Platte-Montagne
Chancellor Pierre Séguier, after Nicolas de Platte-Montagne
Image Not Available for Chancellor Pierre Séguier, after Nicolas de Platte-Montagne

Chancellor Pierre Séguier, after Nicolas de Platte-Montagne

Primary (1632–1671)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1668
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 22 1/2 × 18 1/8 in. (57.2 × 46 cm)
Additional Dimension: 19 13/16 × 16 1/4 in. (50.3 × 41.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Simkowitz in memory of Amy Cecelia Simkowitz-Rogers, 1997.297
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1997.297
On View
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Label Text
The heavy-set face is evidence of the Chancellor’s advanced age. The latest of the portrait prints included in the exhibition, this portrait was made just four years before Séguier’s death. The print was engraved by Nicolas Pitau, who rivaled Nanteuil in reproductive portraiture.
Exhibitions
Image Not Available for Pierre Seguin, after Henri Stresor
Pierre Seguin, after Henri Stresor
Nicolas Pitau
1664
Image Not Available for Alexandre Petavius, after Rolland Le Fèvre
Alexandre Petavius, after Rolland Le Fèvre
Nicolas Pitau
1669
Image Not Available for Denis Sanguine, after Rolland Le Fèvre
Denis Sanguine, after Rolland Le Fèvre
Nicolas Pitau
1663
Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France, after Charles Le Brun
Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France, after Charles Le Brun
Robert Nanteuil
1656
Image Not Available for Chancellor Pierre Séguier, after Charles Le Brun
Chancellor Pierre Séguier, after Charles Le Brun
Robert Nanteuil
1657
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Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the elder
1743
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Aeneas Orders his Troops to Take Up Arms to Drive Away the Harpies, Aeneid: Book III, from Les Oeuvres de Virgile, after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the younger
Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the elder
1743
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Fauna Surrounded by Shepherds, Bucolics: I, from Les Oeuvres de Virgile, after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the younger
Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the elder
1743
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Bulls Fighting During Mating Season, Georgics: Book III, from Les Oeuvres de Virgile, after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the younger
Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the elder
1743
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The Capture of Proteus, Georgics: Book IV, from Les Oeuvres de Virgile, after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the younger
Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the elder
1743
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Evander Mourning Over the Body of his Son, Pallas, Aeneid: Book XI, from Les Oeuvres de Virgile, after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the younger
Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the elder
1743
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Evander Tells Aeneas of Hercules Slaying Cacus, Aeneid: Book VIII, from Les Oeuvres de Virgile, after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the younger
Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the elder
1743