NANTEUIL, Robert
(b. 1623, Reims, d. 1678, Paris)

Cardinal d'Estrées

1660
Engraving
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

César d'Estrées (1628—1714) was abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Duke-Bishop of Laon. He became cardinal in 1672, and was French ambassador in Rome and Spain. His reception in Venice was recorded in a painting by Luca Carlevaris.




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