Portrait of Jules Mazarin. Born 14 July 1602 in Pescina, Italy. Died 9 March 1661 in Vincennes, France. Steel engraving, and Stipple engraving by Leclerc (fl. 19thC), after Charles Abraham Chasselat (1782-1843), c. 1835. Reasonable condition. Paper a bit browned and slightly soiled. Some minor spotting. Some creasing along edges. Verso: blank. Note: in a very nice contemporary handcolouring. With the original piece of tissue paper and a printed biography on 11 pages. Note: dimensions reflect the entire leaf. Dimensions: 264 x 173 mm. Jules Mazarin was Politician, Statesman, Cardinal, Bishop, Diplomat, Roman Catholic priest, Priest, Patron of Arts, Duke of Mayenne, First Minister of State, Duke of Rethel, Chief minister to the kings of France Louis XIII and Louis XIV, Bishop of Metz, Duke of Nevers, Abbot of Cluny, and Chief Minister to the French Monarch.