Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Antwerp 1639-1689 Paris)

Portrait of Cardinal César d'Estrées, half-length, in clerical robes wearing the Order of Saint-Esprit

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Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Antwerp 1639-1689 Paris)
Portrait of Cardinal César d'Estrées, half-length, in clerical robes wearing the Order of Saint-Esprit
oil on canvas
29 ¼ x 24 1/8 in. (74.3 x 61.2 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Finarte, Milan, 4 April 1989, lot 213, as 'Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi'.

Literature

G. Romano, Catalogo della pittura italiana del '600 e del '700, Milan, 1990, p. 154.
F. Petrucci, '"Espirit Français et technique italienne". La période français de Jacob Ferdinand Voet 1685-1689', Revue de l'Art, 132, 2001-2, p. 69, fig. 5.
F. Petrucci, Ferdinand Voet (1639-1689), Rome, 2005, p. 157, no. 56.a, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The sitter was born in Paris in 1628, the son of the esteemed Marshal François Annibal d'Estrées. César d'Estrées earned eminence throughout his lifetime for his ambassadorial ingenuity, and was duly rewarded with several honours and distinctions: from 1655 to 1681 he was Duke-Bishop of Laon, from 1673 he acted as French ambassador to Rome, and in 1671 he was elected a Cardinal by Pope Clemente X. He is painted here wearing his Cardinal’s robes, and the collar of the Order of Saint-Esprit. The badge of this order is clearly depicted in the present lot in its Maltese Cross form, with a dove in the centre and four fleur-de-lis symbols between the arms.

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