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Mignard, Pierre: The Children of the Duc de Bouillon Mlle de La Valliere, detail of a portrait by Pierre Mignard; in the Palais de Longchamp, Marseille Louvois, detail of a portrait by Pierre Mignard; in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Reims, Fr. Madame de Maintenon Mignard, Pierre: portrait of Molière
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Also Known As Mignard le Romain
Born November 17, 1612 • Troyes • France
Died May 30, 1695 (aged 82) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

Photos

Mignard, Pierre: The Children of the Duc de Bouillon
Mlle de La Valliere, detail of a portrait by Pierre Mignard; in the Palais de Longchamp, Marseille
Louvois, detail of a portrait by Pierre Mignard; in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Reims, Fr.
Madame de Maintenon
Mignard, Pierre: portrait of Molière
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Rigaud, Hyacinthe: Louis XV as a Child
Hyacinthe Rigaud
French painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Zurbarán, Francisco de
Francisco de Zurbarán
Spanish painter
Champaigne, Philippe de: The Dream of Saint Joseph
Philippe de Champaigne
Flemish-born painter
Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith with Her Maidservant
Artemisia Gentileschi
Italian painter
Gerard Terborch
Dutch painter
Fabritius, Carel: Self-Portrait
Carel Fabritius
Dutch painter
Coello, Claudio: Adoration of the Holy Eucharist
Claudio Coello
Spanish painter
Sir Peter Lely, etching after a painting by the artist.
Sir Peter Lely
Dutch painter
Gerrit Dou: Self-Portrait
Gerrit Dou
Dutch painter
Sir James Thornhill
English painter
Cuyp, Jacob Gerritsz.: The Shepherdess
Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp
Dutch painter
The Confessional
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Italian painter
The Duke of Pastrana, oil on canvas by Juan Carreño de Miranda, after 1666; in the Prado, Madrid. 217 × 155 cm.
Juan Carreño de Miranda
Spanish painter
Helst, Bartholomeus van der: Two Gentlemen Seated at a Table
Bartholomeus van der Helst
Dutch painter
Maes, Nicolaes: Girl at a Window
Nicolaes Maes
Dutch painter
The Triumph of the Name of Jesus
Baciccio
Italian painter
Thomas de Keyser
Dutch painter
Netscher, Caspar: Self-Portrait
Caspar Netscher
German painter
Cornelius Johnson
English painter

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