1449. CARDINAL RICHELIEU.

_Philippe de Champaigne_ (French: 1602-1674). _See 798._

"The central head in No. 798 was evidently used as a study for this

portrait. The Cardinal, in the crimson silk robes of his office, with

the cross of the Order of St. Louis hung by a blue ribbon round his

neck, stands as if just risen from the chair of state behind him."