2291. PORTRAIT OF CARDINAL DE RETZ.

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

A portrait, in Cardinal's cape and skull-cap, of Jean François Paul

de Gondi (1614-1679), Archbishop of Paris, and afterwards Cardinal de

Retz. As Archbishop, he aided the rising of the Fronde against Mazarin.

In 1652 he was arrested and imprisoned; he escaped, and for some years

wandered abroad. In 1662 he was received into favour by Louis XIV.,

and in his later years was often employed as an envoy to Rome. He is

described as having been in his youth short, near-sighted, ugly, and

exceedingly awkward.

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