Portrait of Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz. Born 20 September 1613 in Montmirail, France. Died 24 August 1679 in Paris, France. Steel engraving, and Stipple engraving by Adrien Jacques Antoine Migneret (1786-1840), after Charles Abraham Chasselat (1782-1843), c. 1835. Reasonable condition. Paper a bit browned and slightly soiled. Verso: blank. Note: in a very nice contemporary handcolouring. With the original piece of tissue paper and a printed biography on 16 pages (lacking part of the tissue paper). Note: dimensions reflect the entire leaf. Dimensions: 263 x 172 mm. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz was Statesman, Aristocrat, Writer, Roman Catholic priest, Archbishop of Paris, Archbishop, French churchman, Writer of memoirs, Agitator in the Fronde, Knight of Malta, and Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.