Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois. 1724.

After to the original by H. Rigaud. 1723.
Engraving. 480 x  350.
II state of two.
Near the edge of the frame, on the left: Peint par Hyacinthe Rigaud 1723; on the right: Gravé par P. Drevet 1724; in the center: Guillaume Cardinal Dubois, Archevesque Duc de Cambray, Prince du S^t. Empire. Premier minister. Ne le 6 September 1656 mort le 10 Aoust 1723.
The painting original by H. Rigaud is kept in the Art Museum of Cleveland (USA).
Inv. G 361.
Literature: Le Blanc, t. 2, p. 146, № 26; Firmin-Didot. LesDrevet, p. 102, № 15; Inventaire BNF XVIIIe s., t. 7, p. 347, № 12; Catalogue raisonné des oeuvres de Hyacinthe Rigaud. –Access mode: http://www.hyacinthe-rigaud.com/catalogue-raisonne-hyacinthe-rigaud/gravures/889-dubois-guillaume.

Rigaud, Hyacinthe (1659, Perpignan, France – 1743, Paris) – French artist of Catalan origin, the most prominent portraitist of the era of Louis XIV.

Dubois, Guillaume (1656–1723) – French cardinal, archbishop of Cambrai (1720), first minister of France (1722).