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The Church and Louis XIII accepting the faithful services of the Viceroy family c. 1630
Engraving | 32.3 x 41.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 616844
Charles Audran (1597-1674)
The Church and Louis XIII accepting the faithful services of the Viceroy family c. 1630
Charles Audran (1597-1674)
The Church and Louis XIII accepting the faithful services of the Viceroy family c. 1630



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An engraving of Louis XIII, King of France. An allegorical scene in which the King, with laurel wreath, ermine robes, and the Orders of St Michael and the Holy Spirit, is shown standing opposite the figure of Religion bearing a crucifix, Bible and keys. To the right, the King is accompanied by other royal attendees, and with the kneeling figures of clerics to the right. With columns and drapery behind, and with Latin inscription on cartouche below: "Vna domus Regi Seruit, / Et Vna Deo"; in the lower left: "I. Stella In."; at the lower right: "K. Audran F." Cut down.
This print formed part of an album of French royal portrait prints assembled by Cassiano dal Pozzo in Rome and described in an early nineteenth-century inventory of prints in George III's library as Kings of France, Queens and other illustrious Personages. The album was arranged chronologically, with kings and their consorts together, while the latter part of the album was devoted to the female aristocracy of France. It was dismantled later in the nineteenth century and its prints incorporated into the series of Engraved Royal Portraits (organised dynastically).
For more information see Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. I: Ceremonies, Costumes, Portraits and Genre, 3 vols, Royal Collection Trust 2017, part of The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo: A Catalogue Raisonné, cat. no. 1265.Provenance
From the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-22 October 1657); inherited by his brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); sold by Carlo Antonio's grandson to Clement XI, 1703; acquired by Cardinal Alessandro Albani by 1714, from whom purchased by George III in 1762
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32.3 x 41.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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