Pair Of Portraits Attributed To Pierre Mignard 1612-1695

Pair of portraits, oils on canvas, French school of the 17th century attributed to Pierre MIGNARD (1612-1695).

Dimensions: 40 X 32 CM Hors cadre et 53 X 46 CM

"Mademoiselle de Nantes", Louise Françoise de Bourbon (1673-1743), legitimized daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. "Mademoiselle de Blois known as the second", Françoise-Marie de Bourbon (1677-11749), legitimized daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. Mademoiselle de Nantes wears a pink silk dress embroidered with silver thread and lace wrapped in a black coat trimmed with gold thread. Her "La Fontange" hairstyle is adorned with a necklace of fine pearls. She also wears pearl pendants in her ears. A royal carriage, a mischievous and quiet look, here is a portrait of Louise-Françoise de Bourbon worthy of a Queen. Dressed in a bronze dress embroidered with gold thread and lace, Mademoiselle de Blois is painted in three-quarters, her blue and lively gaze remains very gentle. She wears a "Fontange" hairstyle where red silk ribbons are intertwined. The painter offers us a portrait of great beauty and grace. Pierre MIGNARD was born in Troyes in 1612, he died in Paris in 1695. He began his apprenticeship in the studio of Jean Boucher in 1624, then in that of a sculptor François Gentil before joining Fontainebleau where he studied Le Primatice, Rosso and Fréminet. It was in Paris in the studio of Simon Vouet that he continued his work and became friends with the painters of the King, Le Sueur, Le Brun. But Rome would make him famous, his meeting with Poussin and great Italian painters propelled him and King Louis XIV asked him to the Palace of Versailles. This was followed by numerous orders for the royal chapels, large portraits, decorative frescoes and historical compositions. He was ennobled by the King and obtained the position of director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.