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Feb 11, 2023 – Jun 26, 2023
Exhibition '"Illustrious Persons" Immortalising the Faces of Bureaucracy, Robert Nanteuil 1623–1678' in Christ Church Picture Gallery
Robert Nanteuil (1623–1678) was the most influential and innovative engraver in the seventeenth century, immortalising the court and officials of Louis XIV in France. This display explores twelve of his engraved portraits, interrogating the faces of the corridors of power. The prints are from the collection of Dean Henry Aldrich (1648–1710), and also show the fascination that an English audience had for these works.
