Portrait of Charles de la Porte, Duc de la Meilleraye. Born 1602 in Paris, France. Died 8 February 1664 in Paris, France. Etching and Engraving by Claude Duflos (1665-1727), after Claude Duflos (1665-1727), c. 1800. Good condition. Ample margins. Paper slightly soiled. With some minor creasing. Some faint browning, mainly affecting the left margin. Verso: blank. Note: a late impression, c. 1800. Dimensions: 244 x 189 mm. Charles de la Porte, Duc de la Meilleraye was Aristocrat, General, Marshal of France, Military leader, Peer of France, Surintendant des Finances, Served in the Thirty Years' War, Served in the Franco-Spanish War, Grand Master of the Artillery, Duke of La Meilleraye, Duke of Rethel, Baron of Parthenay, Baron of Saint-Maixent, Count of Secondigny, Lieutenant General of Bretagne, Governor of Nantes, Governor of Port-Louis, and Knight in the Order of the Holy Spirit.