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Potrait of Cardinal de Retz (?)

Potrait of Cardinal de Retz (?)

(French, 1623–1678)
late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and black chalk on vellum, mouted on thick card
DimensionsSheet: 16.7 x 12.7 cm (6 9/16 x 5 in.)
Framed: 31.4 x 28.6 cm (12 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2594
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Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: Robertus Nanteuil; l.r.: Faciebat; below: On assure que c'est le Portrait de Fenelon nouvellem'nomine Evequ
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b. 1876 – d. 1964), New York, Paris, Rhode Island; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)