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Claude Mellan|Cardinal Duc de Richelieu

Cardinal Richelieu, Kneeling, Presents His Book to the Virgin and Child

ca. 1646
Engraving; second state of six
21.8 × 15.9 cm (8.6 × 6.3 in)

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