print
- Museum number
- 1901,1022.796
- Title
- Object: Richelieu
- Description
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Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu, after Champaigne; bust directed to left, with clerical vestment, and insignia of the order of the Holy Ghost; curtain and column in the background; a print first used in Knight's "The Gallery of Portraits with Memoirs" (London: 1833-1837); this state published by William MacKenzie
Etching and stipple
- Production date
- 1833-1850 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 278 millimetres (trimmed within plate-mark)
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Width: 193 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is a later state of a plate published by MacKenzie (see impression in BM: 1920,1211.1558). In this later state the background has been altered, with a column added in the background, and some lines added to the Cardinal's clothing.
The earlier state published by MacKenzie indicates the plate was engraved by Woolnoth; presumably this means that Woodman's contribution was confined to the alterations mentioned above.
After Champaigne; several variants of the portrait are known, see for instance National Gallery NG1449 and Louvre Inv. 1136
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1901
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1901,1022.796
