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Richelieu : Kunst, Macht und Politik
Richelieu : Art and Power
From january 31 to april 20 2003
Ancient art
Nearly 200 works signed by Poussin, Philippe de Champaigne, Le Brun or Vouet are witnesses of Richelieu's sponsorship.Looking over the foundatoinof the Académie Française andthe reform of the Franch language, the cardinal orchestrated with brilliance the sponsorship of visual arts of his time, to promote his personal ambitions and his political objectives.
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