Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-CARDINAL-GUILLAUME-DUBOIS-Drevet-Rigaud-1724 Pierre Imbert Drevet Master Prints > By Famous Engravers,Prints by Category > Portraits-Figures

'GUILLAUME CARDINAL DUBOIS, ARCHEVESQUE DUC DE CAMBRAY, PRINCE DU ST EMPIRE, PREMIER MINISTRE. NÉ LE 6. SEPTEMBRE 1656. MORT LE 10. AOUST 1723. WITH ENGRAVED COAT OF ARMS BELOW.'Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois seated in an ornate armchair, wearing clerical robes and holding his biretta. Surrounded by rich drapery, with books, globes, and a letter inscribed 'Au Roy' on the side table.Made by Pierre Imbert Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud.Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 35.5 x 48.1 cm (13.98 x 18.94 inch). Image size: 34.8 x 43.5 cm. (13.7 x 17.13 inch).GUILLAUME DUBOIS, CARDINAL, ARCHBISHOP OF CAMBRAI, PIERRE IMBERT DREVET, HYACINTHE RIGAUD, 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ENGRAVING, PORTRAIT OF STATESMAN | PCO-B3-20BACKGROUND INFORMATIONSource: unknown, to be determined.State: II.Reference: IFF vol. VII, no. 12, p. 347; Le Blanc 26; D. 15; And. 12.Biography engraver: Pierre Imbert Drevet (1697 1739), French engraver, son of Pierre Drevet. He specialized in highly finished portrait engravings after paintings by Rigaud and Largilliere, contributing to the prestigious Drevet family's reputation as royal portrait engravers in 18th-century France.Biography artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659 1743), French painter, one of the foremost portraitists of the Baroque era. Based in Paris, he became official court painter, producing portraits of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and numerous cardinals, ministers, and nobles. His grand portraits were widely disseminated in engraved form. Condition: very good, given age. Paper separation along the top right plate edge, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.