Cardinal Richelieu | Digital Pitt

1700-1900

Order Reproduction
Title
Cardinal Richelieu
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1700-1900
Identifier
DARIMG1350
Description
Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (1585–1642) was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. Consecrated as a bishop in 1607, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Church and the state, becoming a cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Jules Cardinal Mazarin.
Type
still image
Genre
prints (visual works)
engravings (prints)
Subject
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642--Portraits.
Engraving.
Source
DARIMAGE
Collection
Darlington Digital Library
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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