Cardinal Georges d'Armagnac, Ambassador to Venice and His Secretary G. Philandrier, Painting depicts the Cardinal Georges d'Armagnac, ambassador of France to Venice in 1536, to Rome in 1539 and his secretary G. Philandrier sitting at a desk, the cardinal holds an open letter in his hand while gazing beyond the viewer and his secretary hods a pen above paper waiting for instruction, likely a diplomatic correspondence. The cardinal is identified by his clerical regalia though the secretary appears to be in contemporary finery, wearing a chain necklace and rich colors.

 Item — Box: 216
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s21-i0671

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Cardinal Georges d'Armagnac, Ambassador to Venice and His Secretary G. Philandrier, Painting depicts the Cardinal Georges d'Armagnac, ambassador of France to Venice in 1536, to Rome in 1539 and his secretary G. Philandrier sitting at a desk, the cardinal holds an open letter in his hand while gazing beyond the viewer and his secretary hods a pen above paper waiting for instruction, likely a diplomatic correspondence. The cardinal is identified by his clerical regalia though the secretary appears to be in contemporary finery, wearing a chain necklace and rich colors.

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Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TITI.0651; Public Notes:

Dates

  • Creation: 1930 - 1967

Creator

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Biographical / Historical

Subjects: Portraits; Paintings; Male Subjects; Court Portraits; Religious Subjects; Clerical Portraits; Ambassadors; Letters; School: Venice; Style period: High Renaissance to Mannerism; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings

Full Extent

1 Items : Image Work Type: photographic print ; Image height (in.): 7.7; Image width (in.): 8.8in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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