Antique Portrait Engraving Abbot General Andoche Pernot of Cîteaux 1729

Description:

A fine antique engraved portrait of Andoche Pernot (1675–1753), Abbot General of the Cistercian Order at Cîteaux, one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of 18th-century France.

The portrait shows Pernot in clerical robes with a pectoral cross, set within a richly decorated oval cartouche, framed by drapery and a heraldic coat of arms below. Such engravings were commissioned to commemorate distinguished churchmen and circulated among religious institutions and patrons.

Size : 44x34 cm