Claude Mellan (1598-1688)

Cardinal Richelieu

RCIN 807428

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M 227: Bust portrait, facing 3/4 L, eyes to front, moustache amd small beard, wearing birretta, white collar, tassels at neck, Cardinal's cape, Order of the Holy Spirit on sash; within oval; arms in decorative cartouche below. Signed.
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Search the collection Claude Mellan (1598-1688)
(engraver)

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Search the collection Armand Jean du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642)
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engraving
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Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Christian church in general
Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
Cardinals (papal appointees)

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Cardinal Richelieu

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