Keywords: Gérôme Eminence grise 1873.jpg Grey Eminence François Leclerc du Tremblay 1577 �1638 the right-hand man of Cardinal Richelieu Scan Richelieu Art and Power 2002 exhibition catalog edited by Hilliard Todd Goldfarb p 381 Montreal Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ; Cologne Wallraf-Richartz-Museum � Fondation Corboud ; Ghent Belgium Snoeck-Ducaju Zoon ISBN 9789053494073 1873 Oil on canvas cm 68 6 101 Museum of Fine Arts Boston Lorna and Robert Rosenberg Gallery credit line Bequest of Susan Cornelia Warren accession number 03 605 The scene is anachronistic Tremblay died in 1638 but the Palais-Royal staircase depicted in a somewhat modified form was not constructed until c 1765 to the designs of Pierre Contant d'Ivry http //www mfa org/collections/object/leminence-grise-31214 Museum of Fine Arts Boston PD-old-100 François Leclerc du Tremblay 1873 paintings Portrait paintings of men of France Oil paintings from France Bowing France in history paintings History paintings by Jean-Léon Gérôme Paintings of coats of arms People on stairs 1870s paintings from France |