Bust of Cardinal Richelieu
| Bust of Cardinal Richilieu | |
|---|---|
The Louvre, Paris | |
| Preceded by | Medusa (Bernini) |
| Followed by | Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini |
The Bust of Cardinal Richelieu is a marble sculpture by the Italian sculptor
the Louvre in Paris
.
Richelieu had hoped to commission Bernini to make a full-length sculpture, through his friend
Jules Mazarin and the French ambassador in Rome François Annibal d'Estrées, but Pope Urban VIII would not permit it, so the sculpture became a bust, sculpted by Bernini between November 1640 and January 1641. He worked from images of Cardinal Richelieu
that had been sent to Rome from France.
Once completed, the bust was transported to Paris.[1][2]
The bust arrived in Paris in August 1640, but Richelieu was not happy with the work, quickly commissioning another bust by
Jean Warin
.
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ Entry at Louvre website[permanent dead link]
- ^ Rudolf Wittkower, Bernini, the Sculptor of the Roman Baroque, 1997 (4th ed.), p. 260.
External links
Media related to Portrait of the cardinal Richelieu at Wikimedia Commons