Fame carrying a portrait of Cardinal Mazarin

Le Brun, Charles (1619-1690)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

17th century

Height:

18.6 cm  (7 5/16 in.)

Width:

20.5 cm  (8 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

black and red chalk with gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk, partially incised, verso reddened for transfer

Additional titles

Description

Two angelic figures, holding a portrait identified as Cardinal Mazarin, fly above a woman with an open book; the larger of the angelic figures plays a long herald trumpet with banner inscribed "ELOGII DEL CARDINAL MAZARINI"

People as subjects

Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal (1602-1661) (Non-musician/dancer)

Iconclass

46A127
men of name or fame, heroes, 'homines illustres', 'uomini famosi'

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556] (long, herald type)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5728