1656
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
François Servien, Bishop of Bayeux is a 1656 by Robert Nanteuil, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a serious-looking man in a dark robe. He wears a necklace with a cross and a fancy collar. The background is a decorative oval frame with swirls and dots. The name at the bottom reads "François Servien, Bishop of Bayeux," and the print was made in 1656. The artist used shading to make the face stand out sharply against the dark robe. Next, look up Baroque to see how this style shaped portraits of the time.
Robert Nanteuil (French pronunciation: ; 1623 – 9 December 1678) was a French portrait artist: engraver, draughtsman and pastellist to the court of Louis XIV.
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