Cardinal de Richelieu
Medium
Etching, late state
Dimensions
sheet: 12 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (31 x 25 cm) image: 11 1/2 x 9 3/16 in. (29.2 x 23.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Waldo C. M. Johnson, 1981
Accession Number
1981.1082.3
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Morin|Philippe de Champaigne · 1605–1650
Jean Morin (c. 1605–1650) was one of the most accomplished French engravers of the seventeenth century, a master of the portrait print whose work stands among the finest examples of French graphic art in its era. Little is known about his early life or training, though his technique suggests exposure to both French and Flemish engraving traditions, the latter being the dominant force in European p...