Cardinal Dubois

1724

engraving

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

One of the most powerful people in France at the beginning of the 18th century, Cardinal Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723) holds a letter addressed Au Roy, or “To the King.” The engraving reproduces a painting commemorating Louis XV’s ascendance to the throne in 1723.

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