Drapped bust left, Tomb. Under, genius holding stylet and a portrait laying right, Robert Nanteuil (1630-1678) was an engraver specializing in portraiture, with over 200 works attributed to him. His style, based on a highly precise, even embodied, representation of the subject's personality rather than their physical appearance, earned him an appointment in 1658 as the king's official engraver., ROBERT - NANTEUIL // I. D., GRAVEUR / M. 1678.