Portrait of Cardinal Emmanuel-Théodore de la Tour-d'Auvergne, duc d'Abret (1644-1715)
1665
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Bequest of George Campbell Cooper
Accession Number
1896-3-216
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
This print portrait, created by French engraver Antoine Masson in 1665, depicts Emmanuel-Théodore de la-d'Auvergne at just twenty-one years old, years before he rose to prominence as a cardinal in the Catholic Church. Born into a noble French family, the subject would later play a role in ecclesiastical affairs during the reign of Louis XIV. Masson, active in the seventeenth century, specialized in capturing the likenesses of notable figures, and this work reflects the era’s interest in commemorating influential individuals through reproducible images. As a print in the Smithsonian American A...