Cardinal richelieu

In a prosperous French city strategically on the Atlantic Ocean, the siege of La Rochelle was the climax of a centuries-long religious war.

Cardinal Richelieu - Wikipedia

This is one of many versions of this famous portrait. The first appears to have been executed for the Galerie des Hommes Illustres at Richelieu’s Paris townhouse, the Palais Cardinal. A series of substantially similar full length portraits divide into three groups: those where the sitter wears his biretta (like the one dated 1624 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris); those where he holds his biretta and gestures with his left hand (examples in the Louvre and Sorbonne University) and…

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Pinckney Marcius-Simons (American 1867-1909) Portrait of Cardinal Richlieu Oil on canvas Signed lower left 27.75 inches x 31.25 inches (70.4 x 79.4 cm) Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Ladislaus Bakalowicz 1833-1903 Polen

Jean, comte de Gassion (1609-1647), Marshal of France in 1643. Jean Alaux dit Le romain, 1835

The town of Richelieu takes its name from its founder, Cardinal Richelieu the hugely egotistical character who in his time, after the king, (Louis XIII) was the most powerful person in France