A collection of prints from the engraved work of Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678), lent by Francis Bullard '86, of Boston, is now on view in the Print Room of the Fogg Art Museum. The Museum's own collection of works by Nanteuil is large, and of good average quality, but Mr. Bullard's collection contains a greater number of prints of rare excellence. In fact, two-thirds of this series consists of either first states or the only states of the plates represented. Nanteuil was the greatest master of pure line engraving of his age, and no such engraving of any time is superior to his. He was himself a portraitist of consummate skill, and many of these engravings are from his own works.
The collection of the Germanic Museum was increased during the summer by the addition of a cast of the figure of King Theodoric from the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian, at Innsbruck. The statue is a companion piece to Arthur of England, already in the Museum, and is the gift of the Deutsche Gesellschaft of Boston.
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