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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Allouard, Henri Emile,     Portrait male -- Richelieu, Armand Jean de Plessis     Ethnic -- French     Dress -- Historic     Dress -- Ecclesiastical     Occupation -- Religion     Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond     Sculpture

Cardinal Richelieu, (sculpture). Artist:  Allouard, Henri Emile, 1844-1929, sculptor. Title:  Cardinal Richelieu, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (On side of self-base:) H. Allouard/L'Original Appartient A La Ville de Paris (On front of self-base:) 1628 signed Description:  Full-length portrait of Armand Jean du Plessis Cardinal Richelieu. He wears elaborate 17th century dress. His proper right arm is extended and his proper right hand rests on an elongated walking stick. His head is turned to the proper left. A cape is slung over his proper left shoulder and arm and a sword rests on his proper left hip. His proper left hand is gloved and holds the other glove. There is a bollard near his proper left foot and a post behind his proper left leg. He has a goatee, moustache and wears a cross with the Holy Spirit on it. The Holy Spirit also appears on the back of his cloak. He wears a cardinal's skullcap and ring. The bronze sculpture stands on a bronze self-base which resembles wooden planks. Subject:  Portrait male -- Richelieu, Armand Jean de Plessis -- Full length Ethnic -- French Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress Dress -- Ecclesiastical Occupation -- Religion -- Cardinal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Tanner Van Lines, 300 Connor Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111 Located 4605 Carpenter Road, Richmond, Virginia Provenance:  Formerly located Paxton Estate, 5219 Cary Street Road, Richmond, Virginia 1948. Acquired Tanner, Brandon, Richmond, Virginia, May 1948. Formerly in the collection of McLean, J.R., Friendship House, Wisconsin & R Streets, Washington, District of Columbia Prior to 1948. Formerly in the collection of Walsh, Evelyn, Friendship House, Wisconsin & R Streets, Washington, District of Columbia Prior to 1948. Remarks:  The sculpture was purchased at auction from the estate of J.R. and Evalyn Walsh McLean in 1948 by the present owner's grandfather, Brandon Tanner. It was moved to the family estate, Paxton Estate, in Richmond at that time. Since 1948, ownership of the sculpture has passed through the Tanner family. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS VA000493   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000493 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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