Nephew of the Cardinal, a great collector
It was for Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, 2nd Duke of Richelieu that Poussin created the Four Seasons of the Louvre series at the end of his life, in the spring between 1660 and 1664.
Their reception, around 1664-1665 was an opportunity to bring all the lovers in Paris together to show them the series. Loménie Brienne reports that “The conference was long and knowledgeable. Bourdon and Le Brun spoke there and said good things.”