Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619?1683), 1655, Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (92. 1 x 72. 4 cm), Paintings, Philippe de Champaigne (French, Brussels 1602?1674 Paris), In 1651 Colbert joined the household of Cardinal Mazarin, principal advisor to Queen Anne of Austria during the minority of Louis XIV (1638?1715), and one of the great collectors of the seventeenth century