Alphonse du Plessis Richelieu, Cardinal of Lyon, 1636

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 22.2 x 14.8 cm (8 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John O'Brien

Catalogue Raisonné

Montaiglon 1856, no. 228, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1991.164.12

Artists / Makers

Claude Mellan (artist) French, 1598 - 1688

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: ALPHONSVS CARDINALIS / ARCHIEPVS. LVGDVN. / C. Mellan Gall' del. et S. Romae Sup. pm. / 1.6.3.6.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Cardinal A lphonse du Plessis Richelieu / Montaiglon 228 II

Bibliography

1856: Montaiglon, Anatole de. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan d'Abbeville. Abbeville: P.Briex, 1856.

1988: Preaud 1988, 192.