All MIGNARD, Pierre's oil paintings
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32415 Clio Clio 1689 Oil on canvas, 143,5 x 115 cm
32420 Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles 1674 Oil on canvas, 132 x 96 cm
29635 Perseus and Andromeda Perseus and Andromeda 1679 Oil on canvas, 150 x 198 cm
29643 The Heavenly Glory The Heavenly Glory 1663 Fresco
29637 The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Children The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Children 1691 Oil on canvas, 194 x 155 cm
32426 The Virgin of the Grapes The Virgin of the Grapes 1640s Oil on canvas, 121 x 94 cm
MIGNARD, Pierre
French Baroque Era Painter , b. 1612, Troyes, d. 1695, Paris called "Le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas, was a French painter. He was born at Troyes, and came of a family of artists; he also needs to be distinguished from his nephew Pierre (1640-1725), often called "Pierre II" or "Le Chevalier". In 1630 he left the studio of Simon Vouet for Italy, where he spent twenty-two years, and made a reputation which brought him a summons to Paris. Successful with his portrait of the king, and in favour with the court, Mignard pitted himself against Le Brun, declined to enter the Academy of which he was the head, and made himself the centre of opposition to its authority. The history of this struggle is most important, because it was identical, as long as it lasted, with that between the old gilds of France and the new body which Colbert, for political reasons, was determined to support. Portrait of Louise de Kerouaille, Duchess of PortsmouthShut out, in spite of the deserved success of his decorations of the cupola of Val de Grace (1664), from any great share in those public works, the control of which was the attribute of the new Academy, Mignard was chiefly active in portraiture. Turenne, Moliere, Bossuet, Maintenon (Louvre), La Valliere, Sevigne, Montespan, Descartes (Castle Howard), all the beauties and celebrities of his day, sat to him. His readiness and skill, his happy instinct for grace of arrangement, . Related Artists to : | Charles Bird King | Paolo Ucello | Circle of Pierre Gobert | Arthur e.grimshaw | Wilhelm Marstrand |