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A Cardinal in his Habit as he sitts in the Consistory

Print
1660 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing half right, seated in an armchair, at a table with an open book.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Cardinal in his Habit as he sitts in the Consistory (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Armand Jean du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, engraving by Thomas Cross, 1660.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing half right, seated in an armchair, at a table with an open book.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm (cut)
  • Width: 9.5cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'A Cardinal in his Habit as he sitts in the Consistory. T. Corss Sculpsit.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was published as the frontispiece to i>The Scarlet gown or the history of all the present cardinals by N. N., translated by Henry Cogan, 2nd edition, 1660.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Corbett, Margery and Michael Norton. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: the Reign of Charles I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952-64.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Accession number
E.284-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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