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After Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678), Denis Talon (1628-1698), President à mortier of the Parliament of Paris Burin on laid paper, 36.8 x 28.8 cm. Circa 1656. PW 214. Inscribed in pen on reverse and in pencil "Denis Talon" and "Soliman 1835". Margins cut. A descendant of a great robe family, Denis Talon was a lawyer at the Grand Châtelet de Paris in 1648, the son of Omer II Talon ( Saint-Quentin, 1595 - Paris, 1652), avocat général at the Parlement de Paris, whom he succeeded in 1652. State Councillor in 1652, he was appointed Attorney General in 1661 during the trial of Nicolas Fouquet, whose rival he was, but was replaced due to his lack of competence. He became President à mortier in 1691. Nanteuil painted a second portrait of Danis Talon in 1669 ( AA, 2011, cat.215), after the original pastel.

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After Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678), Denis Talon (1628-1698), President à mortier of the Parliament of Paris Burin on laid paper, 36.8 x 28.8 cm. Circa 1656. PW 214. Inscribed in pen on reverse and in pencil "Denis Talon" and "Soliman 1835". Margins cut. A descendant of a great robe family, Denis Talon was a lawyer at the Grand Châtelet de Paris in 1648, the son of Omer II Talon ( Saint-Quentin, 1595 - Paris, 1652), avocat général at the Parlement de Paris, whom he succeeded in 1652. State Councillor in 1652, he was appointed Attorney General in 1661 during the trial of Nicolas Fouquet, whose rival he was, but was replaced due to his lack of competence. He became President à mortier in 1691. Nanteuil painted a second portrait of Danis Talon in 1669 ( AA, 2011, cat.215), after the original pastel.

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