Lot 47
47
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After Jean Petitot

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After Jean Petitot
Cardinal Richlieu, facing left in scarlet robes and zucchetto wearing the blue sash of the French Royal Order of the Holy Ghost
signed with monogram and inscribed 'Cardl de Richlieu by Petit-tot in the Possn of Mr Watelet Copyd by me in France', gilt-metal frame
oval, 26 in. (56 mm.) high; Cardinal Mazarine, facing right in scarlet robes and zucchetto, lawn collar and tassels (cracked)
signed with monogram and inscribed 'Cardll de Mazarine - in the Possn of the Duc de Nivernois - by Petit-tot copy'd by me in France', gilt-metal frame
oval, 21/8 in. (54 mm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642) the French prelate and statesman was born into a noble but impoverished family. In 1614 he became adviser to Marie de'Medici and regent for her son Louis XIII.

Jules Mazarin, originally Giulio Mazarini (1602-61) was an Italian-born French prelate and statesman. Through the influence of Richelieu he became cardinal. He ruled more efficiently than Richelieu and was almost as powerful.

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