"Portrait 18th Century Pierre Mignard (1612/1695) Entourage."
Oil on canvas dim with frame 44/52 cm Dim without frame 33.5/41 cm French school Entourage Pierre Mignard Pierre Mignard born November 17, 1612 in Troyes and died May 30, 1695 in Paris, is a French painter. He remains one of the most famous French classical painters: friend of the beautiful minds of his time (besides Molière, let us cite La Fontaine, Racine or Boileau), we owe him portraits of Bossuet, Julie d'Angennes, Mlle de Montpensier, Miss de Valois and the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Madame de la Sablière, the Duchess de Brissac, the Duchess de Ventadour, Madame de Montespan, Madame de Maintenon, Miss de La Vallière, Madame de Sévigné , Miss de Grignan, Miss de Fontanges and Madame de Tencin. He also painted Louis XIV ten times. Portrait of a young woman of high nobility, dressed in an ermine coat In Europe, these furs are a symbol of royalty and high status