Cardinal André Hercule de Fleury (1653 – 1743) Bishop of Fréjus (after Hyacinthe Rigaud)
Francois Chereau the Elder (Blois 1680 - Paris 1729)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper
Measurements
520 x 350 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286491
Summary
Engraving, Cardinal André Hercule de Fleury (1653 – 1743) Bishop of Fréjus (after Hyacinthe Rigaud) by Francois Chereau (Blois 1680 - Paris 1729). Print showing the portrait of Andre Hercules Cardinal de Fleury held by a monk with a landscape background. The cardinal is portrayed half-length in clerical robes, an oval portrait in decorative oval frame. A Latin inscription is written on the stone step below the portrait. A French inscription below. Wide margin. Foxed.
Marks and inscriptions
Andre Hercules Cardinal de Fleury/... (printed under image)
Makers and roles
Francois Chereau the Elder (Blois 1680 - Paris 1729), engraver (printmaker) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 – Paris 1743), artist