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NANTEUIL, ROBERT, - Henri d'Orleans

Title: Henri d'Orleans
Description: Oval bust-length portrait of Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville or Henri de Valois-Longueville (1595-1663), a legitimated prince of France and peer of France. He served as the governor of Picardy, then of Normandy, and was a major figure during the Fronde. Engraving on hand laid paper, sheet size 265 x 185 mm. Enrgaved by Robert Nanteuil after Philippe de Champaigne, published 1655. This portrait was used to illustrate a poem: Chapelain. La Pucelle ou la France délivrée, 1656. In very good condition, but cropped within platemark. A few faint spots of soiling in the corners. References: Robert-Dumesnil vol. 4, p. 129: 149; Petitjean & Wickert ('Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé de Robert Nanteuil; ), p. 248: 129.

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Price: EUR 224.25 = appr. US$ 243.73 Seller: Antiquariaat Goltzius
- Book number: 71680

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