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Chancellor Pierre Séguier, after Nicolas de Platte-Montagne
1668
17th century
57.2 cm x 46 cm (22 1/2 in. x 18 1/8 in.)
Nicolas Pitau
(1632 - 1671)
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, French
Medium and Support:
Engraving
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Simkowitz in memory of Amy Cecelia Simkowitz-Rogers, 1997
Accession Number:
1997.297
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.