Robert Nanteuil (1623–1678) Portrait of Abbé Basile Fouquet, 1658 Engraving on laid paper, approx. 13 x 10 inches Signed in plate beneath oval frame. Abbé Basile Fouquet (1622–1680), the seventh son of François IV Fouquet and brother of Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV, lived a life steeped in intrigue. Though he held…