Pieter van Schuppen - Portrait of Louis XIV of France

Pieter van Schuppen, known in France also as Pierre Louis van Schuppen (

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

, 5 September 1627 – Paris, 7 March 1702) was a Flemish painter and engraver who was mainly active in France, where he enjoyed a reputation for his portrait prints.Pieter van Schuppen
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Life

Pieter van Schuppen studied painting in Antwerp from 1639 and became master in the local

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in 1651. He then left Antwerp and settled in 1655 in Paris, where he became a pupil of

Robert Nanteuil Robert Nanteuil (; 1623 – 9 December 1678) was a French portrait artist: engraver, draughtsman and pastellist to the court of Louis XIV. Life He was born in Reims in 1623,Pieter Van Schuppen, ''Petrus Mercier Generalis Totius Ordinis''
at Art of The Print He was admitted to the

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in 1663. He married Elisabeth de Mesmaker. The couple had five children. Their son

Jacob van Schuppen Jacob van Schuppen (26 January 1670 – 29 January 1751) was a French-Austrian Painting, painter who was known for his portraits, history paintings and genre scenes. He was court painter in Vienna. Biography Jacob van Schuppen was born in Fo ...

was taught the principles of art by his father and became a prominent painter in Vienna. Pieter van Schuppen - Portrait of Rinaldo d'Este

Work

He left about 119 prints, mainly portraits of famous individuals of his day such as Cardinal Rinaldo d' Este, Mazarin and

King Louis XIV of France , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Versa ...

. Some of these were made after his own designs such as the ''Portrait of Cardinal Rinaldo d' Este. Most of them are after paintings by other artists. He also made reproductive prints of the history paintings of other artists an example of which is the ''St Sebastian'' after

Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

.Pieter van Schuppen, ''St Sebastian''
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Pieter van Schuppen excelled in the use of ornamental design. He possessed a dexterity with the engraved line and ability to capture the most subtle features of the face. Because of these abilities he was during his life known as 'le petit Nanteuil' (the little Nanteuil).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schuppen, Pieter van Flemish engravers Flemish Baroque painters Flemish publishers 1627 births 1703 deaths 17th-century engravers 17th-century publishers (people) Painters from Antwerp