Portrait of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet in his study, Jacobus Benignus Bossuet Episcopus (title on object), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704) was a versatile man: bishop, famous chancellor and polemicist and an influential ecclesiastical politician under Louis XIV. Hyacinthe Rigaud painted his portrait as a bishop in full regalia in 1702. Drevet's portrait, a mirror image of the painting, is considered a masterpiece of the engraver, who was appointed 'graveur du roi' in 1729., print maker: Pierre Imbert Drevet, after painting by: Hyacinthe Rigaud, France, 1723, paper, engraving, height 510 mm × width 346 mm, print
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Portrait, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, study, Jacobus Benignus Bossuet Episcopus, title, object, 1627-1704, versatile man, bishop, famous chancellor, polemicist, influential ecclesiastical politician under Louis XIV, Hyacinthe Rigaud painted, portrait, full regalia, 1702, Drevet's portrait, mirror image, painting, considered, masterpiece, engraver, appointed, graveur du roi, 1729, print maker, Pierre Imbert Drevet, Hyacinthe Rigaud, France, 1723, paper, engraving, height 510 mm ×, width, 346 mm, print
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