# Cardinal Mazarin's Last Sickness

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DELAROCHE, Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delaroche-paul-rf9489b017d815d>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 57 x 97 cm

## Commentary

Two once famous pictures by Delaroche in the Wallace Collection illustrate the contrasting last days of the two great French Cardinals, Mazarin eager for wealth, Richelieu thirsting for revenge.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)