Bust of Cardinal de la Rochefoucault

Inscriptions

Inscribed across the top and dated: "Le Cardinal de la Rouchefoucault, 1624"

Provenance

Private Collection, France. Wildenstein and Company, New York, from 1956 [Chicago 1978]; sold to the Art Institute, 1959.

Exhibition history

New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Isntitute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 34, pl. XIV. The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 50-51, cat. 24 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim. The Art Institute of Chicago, "European Portraits," July 8-September 10, 1978, cat. 24, pp. 100-01 (ill.). The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1985-86. The Art Institute of Chicago, "In Context: Recent Acquisitions to the Regenstein Collection," February 20-April 28, 1995.

Publications

The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report (1958-1959), p. 10 (ill.). The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, 53:3, p. 33 (ill.). Harold Joachim, French Drawings of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Chicago, 1977).

Quick Overview

Artist: Daniel Dumonstier / French, 1574-1645
Date: 1624
Medium: Black and red chalks, with stumping, brush and pale yellow and orange wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 43.7 × 33.8 cm (17 1/4 × 13 5/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: chalk
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
Accession no.: 1959.35

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.