The 9 square puzzle using
the fine painting by French artist Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674) entitled "Cardinal Richelieu"
most likely painted in 1637. When the puzzle is
complete, you will jump to a 16 square puzzle with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square. Information about the artist and the subject is at the
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The 16
square puzzle using the fine painting by French artist Phillipe de Champaigne. When the puzzle is complete, you
will jump to a 25
square puzzle with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square.
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The 25 square
puzzle using the fine painting by French artist Philippe de Champaigne. When the puzzle is complete, you will
jump to a 36 square puzzle
with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square.
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The 36 square
puzzle using the fine painting by French artist Philippe de Champaigne. When the puzzle is complete, you will jump
to a 49 square puzzle with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square.
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The 49 square puzzle
using the fine painting by French artist Philippe de Champaigne. When the
puzzle is complete, you will jump to a 64 square puzzle with the same image.
You can go there directly by clicking the red square.
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The 64 square puzzle using using the fine painting by French artist Philippe de Champaigne. This puzzle is getting harder so congratulations if you succeed. The applet permits up to a ten square puzzle. If there is any interest in my listing a puzzle of greater difficulty, drop me a line and I'll add it in. Information about the artist and the subject can be found below.
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The image is of a painting by French artist Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674) entitled "Cardinal Richelieu" most likely painted in 1637. You may see the original image on Carol Gerten's wonderful site (CGFA) here (Japan) or here (U.S.A.). The artist was born and trained as an artist in Brussels, Belgium but moved to France in 1621 and became a French citizen in 1629. He painted many works at the French court including the work presented here ~ a three image portrait of Cardinal Armand Richelieu, (1585-1642), King Louis XIII's chief minister. The original painting hangs in the National Gallery in London, England. The Cardinal was born Armand Jean du Plessis in Paris in 1585, and took the name "Richelieu" from the name of his family's estate. There is a vast amount of information about the Cardinal available and, yes, this is the "Cardinal" of Alexander Dumas's novel "The Three Musketeers".
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The java applet that runs the puzzle is courtesy of Axel Fontaine, who lives just south of the city of Brussels in Belgium. Axel invited free use of his fine applet which you can, I hope, download here. Axel, we thank you!
Another Champaigne painting of the "Cardinal" (also available on CGFA) and some postage stamps. I am not sure if the bottom stamp image is a true postage stamp however.
And a scan of an engraving, that the webmaster just purchased. By "W. Holl" and published by A. Fullerton & Co. London & Edinburgh.
