Beautiful folio size antique photogravure print from the picture by Jehan Foucquet (click thumbnails above for larger size image).
Printed on heavyweight cream stock. Plate mark present. Reverse side is blank.
It's hard to appreciate the stunning detail and clarity of this print until you see it in person.
Here Juvenal is shown as a man of forceful character, such as is to be expected of one who was Chancellor of France under both Charles and Louis. Half life-size, he is represented standing in profile, in an oratory, clasping his hands before a priedieu, where a book lies open upon a cushion. His costume consists of a dull red robe, trimmed with fur, fashioned with large, stuffed sleeves, and confined at the waist with a belt from which a purse depends. Green panels are fitted into the gilt pilasters of the background, the capitals of which comprise the coat of arms of the Ursin family, supported by two muzzled bears rampant. The portrait affirms the subject's character, as at once a bourgeois, a jurist and a man of the sword.
Title: Portrait of William Juvenal des Ursins, Baron of Trainel, Chancellor of France under Charles VII and Louis XI
Publication: Great Masters in the Louvre Gallery
Publication Year: 1899-1900
Publisher: D. Appleton & Goupil & Co. (New York & Paris)
Approximate Page Size (in inches): 12½ x 16¾
Approximate Image Size (in inches): 9½ x 12½
Condition: EX. Very clean.
