Cardinal Andre Hercule de Fleury 1653-1743

ca. 1728

Possibly Hyacinthe François Rigaud , Artist Possibly workshop of Hyacinthe François Rigaud , Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Cardinal Andre Hercule de Fleury 1653-1743

Artwork Date ca. 1728

Makers Possibly Hyacinthe François Rigaud (Artist) French, 1659-1743 Possibly workshop of Hyacinthe François Rigaud (Artist) French, 1659-1743

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 32 × 25 1/4 inches (81.3 × 64.1 cm) Framed: 38 5/8 × 32 3/8 × 4 5/8 inches (98.1 × 82.2 × 11.7 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 43.55

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Provenance

Carl Robert Lamm (Näsby Castle, near Stockholm, Sweden);
February 21-24, 1923, sold by (American Art Galleries, New York, New York, USA) auction C. R.Lamm, lot 624;
1923, purchased by Mr. Bernet [for $800].
1943, (Kurt M. Stern, New York, New York, USA);
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler;
May 1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Richardson, E.P. "Rigaud's Portrait of the Cardinal de Fleury." Bulletin of the DIA 23, no. 2, 1943, pp. 10-11 (ill.).

Richardson, E.P. "Madame Henriette de France by Nattier." Art Quarterly 6 (1943): p. 239-256 (fig. 2).

Richardson, E.P., ed. Detroit Institute of Arts Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, pp. 110-111, 180, no. 692 (ill.).

Davies, M. National Gallery Catalogues, The French School. London, 1957, pp. 200-201, cited under inv. 903, in footnote 12.

Myers, B.S., ed. Encyclopedia of Painting. New York, 1970, p. 417 (ill.).

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possibly Hyacinthe François Rigaud; possibly workshop of Hyacinthe François Rigaud, Cardinal Andre Hercule de Fleury 1653-1743, ca. 1728, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler, 43.55.