A bust portrait of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, flanked by two angels and two allegorical figures, the angel at right standing atop a man with snakes in his hair
Artwork Details
- Title: A bust portrait of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, flanked by two angels and two allegorical figures, the angel at right standing atop a man with snakes in his hair
- Artist: Francois de Poilly (French, Abbeville 1623–1693 Paris)
- Artist: After Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, Viterbo ca. 1610–1662 Viterbo)
- Subject: Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602–1661 Vincennes)
- Date: ca. 1640–93
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 19 1/8 × 20 3/8 in. (48.5 × 51.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.3006
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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