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Oil on canvas. Dimensions with frame: 44 x 52 cm. Dimensions without frame: 33.5 x 41 cm. French school. Pierre Mignard entourage.
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. A friend of the beautiful minds of his time, in addition to Molière, we can cite La Fontaine, Racine and Boileau. We owe him portraits of Bossuet, Julie d'Angennes, Mlle de Montpensier, Mlle de Valois and the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Mme de la Sablière, the Duchess de Brissac, the Duchess de Ventadour, of Madame de Montespan, of Madame de Maintenon, of Miss de La Vallière, of Madame de Sévigné, of Miss de Grignan, of Miss de Fontanges and of Madame de Tencin. He also painted Louis XIV ten times.
Portrait of a young woman of high nobility, dressed in an ermine cloak
In Europe, these furs are a symbol of royalty and high status
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