NANTEUIL, Robert
(b. 1623, Reims, d. 1678, Paris)

Portrait of Jacques-Nicolas Colbert

1670
Engraving, 506 x 428 mm
Bibliothèque municipale, Reims

Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1655-1707) was a the youngest son of Finance Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert. He was Archbishop of Rouen, patron of Jules Hardouin-Mansart and André Le Nôtre and commissioned the restoration of the official residence of the Archbishops of Rouen, the Château de Gaillon.




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