Monseigneur Louis-Charles d'Orléans de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai

1741

Georg Friedrich Schmidt after Hyacinthe Rigaud

Associated Names
Georg Friedrich Schmidt

Artist, German, 1712 - 1775

Hyacinthe Rigaud

Artist After, French, 1659 - 1743

The image shows a man sitting in a detailed chair. He has shoulder-length curly hair and a defined face. He is wearing an intricate robe with a cross pendant around his neck. One hand is on his chest, and the other rests on a book. The background has architectural elements with columns and drapery.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 51.4 x 37.6 cm (20 1/4 x 14 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.61.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wessely 1887, no. 97, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1887

  • Wessely, Joseph Eduard. Georg Frederic Schmidt. Verzeichniss seiner Stiche und Radirungen. Hamburg, 1887.

Inscriptions

Lower center in plate: Carolus Archepiscopus Dux Cameracensui. / Par Franciae Sacri Romani Imperii Princips. / Come Cameracesii; lower left in plate: Pinxit Hyacintiis Rigaud, St. Michaelis Eques, Rector nec non Regiate Academiae Picturae ex. Moderator, 1724.; lower right in plate: Georgius Fredericus Schmidt. Sculpsit Parisiis 1741.
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Wikidata ID

Q76340891

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