|
|
|
|
|
Madonna of the Grapes
Painting ID:: 2864
|
Pierre Mignard
Madonna of the Grapes
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portrait of the Artist (mk05)
Painting ID:: 20639
|
Pierre Mignard
Portrait of the Artist (mk05)
Canvas 92 1/2 x 74''(235 x 188 cm)Given to the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture by the Comtesse de Feuquieres,the artist'daughter,in 1696;collection of the Academie Royale INV
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Girl Bloing Soap Bubbles (mk08)
Painting ID:: 21591
|
Pierre Mignard
Girl Bloing Soap Bubbles (mk08)
1674
Oil on canvas
132x96cm
Versailles,Chateaux de Versailles
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine
Painting ID:: 29208
|
Pierre Mignard
The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine
mk65
Oil on canvas
53x41"
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles
Painting ID:: 33610
|
Pierre Mignard
Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles
mk86
1674
Oil on canvas
132x96cm
Versailles,Chateaux de Versailles
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
|
Pierre Mignard
|
|
French Baroque Era Painter, 1612-1695
Pierre Mignard (7 novembre 1612 - May 30, 1695), called "Le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas, was a French painter. He was born at Troyes, and came of a family of artists; he also needs to be distinguished from his nephew Pierre (1640-1725), often called "Pierre II" or "Le Chevalier".
In 1630 he left the studio of Simon Vouet for Italy, where he spent twenty-two years, and made a reputation which brought him a summons to Paris. Successful with his portrait of the king, and in favour with the court, Mignard pitted himself against Le Brun, declined to enter the Academy of which he was the head, and made himself the centre of opposition to its authority. The history of this struggle is most important, because it was identical, as long as it lasted, with that between the old gilds of France and the new body which Colbert, for political reasons, was determined to support..
Portrait of Louise de Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pierre Mignard
Shut out, in spite of the deserved success of his decorations of the cupola of Val de Grace (1664), from any great share in those public works, the control of which was the attribute of the new Academy, Mignard was chiefly active in portraiture. Turenne, Moliere, Bossuet, Maintenon (Louvre), La Valliere, Sevigne, Montespan, Descartes (Castle Howard), all the beauties and celebrities of his day, sat to him. His readiness and skill, his happy instinct for grace of arrangement, atoned for want of originality and real power.
With the death of Le Brun (1690) the situation changed. Mignard deserted his allies, and succeeded to all the posts held by his opponent. These late honours he did not long enjoy. In 1695 he died whilst about to commence work on the cupola of the Invalides. His best compositions have been engraved by Audran, Edelinck, Masson, Poilly and others.
There is a good selection of works by Pierre, Nicolas, and Pierre II in Avignon at the Mus??e Calvet. The Courtauld Institute of Art (London), Harvard University Art Museums, the Hermitage Museum, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Kunst Indeks Danmark, the Louvre, Mus??e d'art et d'histoire (Geneva), Mus??e des Augustins (Toulouse, France), Mus??e Ingres (Montauban, France), Museo Lombardi (Parma, Italy), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the National Gallery, London, the National Portrait Gallery, London, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Portland Art Museum and Versailles are among the public collections holding works by Pierre Mignard |
|
Related Artists::.
| Lazlo Moholy Nagy | Emile Vernon | Franz Christoph Janneck | |
|
|
