Cardinal Dubois
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 48.7 x 35.9 cm (19 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
France, 18th century
About
One of the most powerful people in France at the beginning of the 18th century, Cardinal Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723) holds a letter addressed Au Roy, or “To the King.” The engraving reproduces a painting commemorating Louis XV’s ascendance to the throne in 1723.
