"The Virgin And Child Workshop Of Pierre Mignard XVIII"
PIERRE MIGNARD IS A FRENCH ARTIST, BORN IN 1612 AND DIED IN 1695 IN 1624,HE ENTERED THE WORKSHOP OF THE PAINTER JEAN BOUCHER IN BOURGES. BEFORE LEAVING FOR FONTAINEBLEAU, CAPITAL OF THE ARTS OF THE PERIOD. WHERE HE STUDYED THE GREAT MASTERS.
HE PAINTS THE CHAPEL OF THE CHATEAU DE COUBERT EN BRIE FOR THE MARSHAL DE VITRY WHO TAKES HIM UNDER HIS PROTECTION AND TAKES HIM TO PARIS.
` HE BECOMES VOUET'S PUPIL AND MEET CHARLES LE BRUN, EUSTACHE LE SUEUR AND CHARLES-ALPHONSE DE FREQUESNOY WITH WHOM HE BECOMES.
In 1635 HE LEFT FOR ROME WHERE HE MEET NICOLAS POUSSIN;
BECOME FAMOUS IN ROME, HE IS RECALLED TO FRANCE BY LOUIS XIV
1657 HE WAS ANOBL Y IN 1680 by LOUIS XIV AND BECAME THE FIRST PAINTER OF LOUIS XIV
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