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Philippe de Champaigne: Triple portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu  wikidata:Q20054113 reasonator:Q20054113
Artist
Philippe de Champaigne  (1602–1674)  wikidata:Q314814 s:fr:Auteur:Philippe de Champaigne
 
Philippe de Champaigne
Alternative names
Philippe de Champagne
Description French painter, ornamental painter, court painter and teacher
Date of birth/death 26 May 1602 Edit this at Wikidata 12 August 1674 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death City of Brussels Paris
Work period 1621–1674
Work location
Paris (1621–1674), City of Brussels (1627, 1655)
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creator QS:P170,Q314814
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Title
Triple Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lfr,"Triple portrait du Cardinal de Richelieu."
label QS:Len,"Triple Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu."
label QS:Lmk,"Троен портрет на Кардинал Ришелје."
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Hier wird das Gesicht des Kardinals von allen Seiten auf einem Bild dargestellt.
Depicted people Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu Edit this at Wikidata
Date Probably 1642
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 58.7 cm (23.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 72.8 cm (28.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+58.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+72.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
room 18
Accession number
NG798 (National Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
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.

[1]
Inscriptions

over the right head:

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

over the central head:

Celui cy...plus / Resamblant au naturel
[This one more like the original]
Notes Diese Abbildung entspricht mehr dem Original. This version refers more to the original painting.
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Source/Photographer National Gallery
  1. Triple Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu on The Rossetti Archive website.

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