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Tomb of Cardinal Richelieu, diagonal view, with the figure of Science in the foreground [print] / F. Girardon invenit et fecit C.P.R. ; Carolus Simonneau ex. Marmore Delineavit et sculpsit.

Accession number
PML 140007, no. 185
Creator
Simonneau, Charles, 1645-1728, engraver.
Published
[Paris?], [between 1695-1710]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Latin dedication to Charles Maurice Le Tellier (1642-1710), archbishop of Reims, beginning: Illustrissimo Ecclesiae Principi Carolo Mauritio Le Tellier; and signed: Franciscus Girardon Sculptor Regius.
"From a series of seven prints (according to Le Blanc) representing various views of the tomb sculpted by Girardon (1675-95) and placed in the church of La Sorbonne, Paris."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalog.
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; image: 316 x 360 mm; plate mark: 347 x 385 mm; sheet: 404 x 522 mm
Summary
Interior of a church, with view of Cardinal Richelieu's tomb: reclining figure of the Cardinal, supported by Religion, with Science weeping at his feet; two putti holding his coat of arms sit at his side, on the left. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Classification
Department