File:Kardinaal de Richelieu.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Philippe de Champagne
Description	French painter, ornamental painter, court painter and teacher
Date of birth/death	26 May 1602	12 August 1674
Location of birth/death	Brussels	Paris
Work period	1621–1674
Work location	Paris (1621–1674), Brussels (1627, 1655)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Triple Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu

Date

1637 or 1642

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

58.7 × 72.8 cm (23.1 × 28.7 in)

Current location

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 30.96″ N, 0° 7′ 41.88″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority control	WorldCat

room 18

Accession number

NG798

Object history

This painting was executed in Paris, and sent to Rome as a model to help the sculptor Francesco Mocchi who was making a bust of the Cardinal de Richelieu.

Inscriptions

right: De ces deux profilz c[elui] / cy est le meilieur - Of the two profiles, this is the better one

centre: Celui cy...plus / Resamblant au naturel - This one more like the original

References

Source/Photographer

National Archive

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