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Louis, Duc de Nivernois

Engraver James McArdell Irish
After Allan Ramsay British, Scottish
1764
Not on view
In this half-length portrait the sitter faces the viewer, with his body directed to the right. His hair is powdered and tied with a large bow. He wears a black ribbon around his neck and a lace neckpiece, a watered silk sash across his chest, and holds a hat under his left arm. The Duke de Nivernois was French Ambassador to England at the end of the Seven Years War and helped to negotiate the Treaty of Paris (ratified on February 10, 1763). This portrait records his appearance around that time.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Louis, Duc de Nivernois
  • Engraver: James McArdell (Irish, Dublin 1729–1765 London)
  • Artist: After Allan Ramsay (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1713–1784 Dover)
  • Sitter: Louis-Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, Duke of Nivernois (French, 1716–1798)
  • Date: 1764
  • Medium: Mezzotint; state before letters
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 in. × 8 7/8 in. (33 × 22.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Carl J. Ulmann, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.57.43
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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