Cardinal Richelieu

Jean Morin

Artist, French, c. 1600 - 1650

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and stippling on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.8 x 24.9 cm (12 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.6 x 27.2 cm (13 1/4 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.25.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mazel 2004, no. 84, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1945

  • Hornibrook, Murray and Charles Petitjean. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits by Jean Morin (c.1590-1650). Cambridge: University Press, 1945.

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil 72.

2004

  • Mazel, Jean. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Morin. Paris, 2004.

Inscriptions

around circumference in plate in border: EMINENTISSIMVS.Armandvs IOANNES.DV.PLESSIS.CARDINALIS.RICHELEVS.&.; lower left in plate: Ph. Champaigne pinx; lower right in plate: I. Morin Scul cum priu Regis; LCr//in graphite: SRF; lRv//in graphite: H & P. 37 / ii/iv / WM 9 & 10 / srf / 225/48 / RD 72; uCv//i n graphite: 34

Watermarks

(H/P watermarks 9 & 10)

Wikidata ID

Q74046248

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