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Mignard, the Marquise and Martinique: a West Indian setting for a masterpiece of ‘Grand Epoque’ portraiture
07/2010 | 1288 | 152
Pages: 448-451
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Author:
Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd (Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd; Gowan, Todd Longstaffe-)
Subjects
artists:
Mignard, Pierre, I, 1612-1695
dates:
1660-1719
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Colbert, Jean Baptiste Antoine, Marquis de Seignelay, 1651-1690
places:
Martinique
print:
Mignard, Pierre, I, 1612-1695
subjects:
French painting / Portraits / Collections, Public / Iconography / Topographical views / Identification / Biographies
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. The Marquise de Seignelay and two of her sons, by Pierre Mignard. 1691. Canvas, 194.5 by 154.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, by Marc Nattier. 1676. Canvas, 113 by 108 cm. (Château de Versailles).
Attributed works:
5. L’Isle de la Martinique, by A. Peyrounin. Published by Pierre Mariette in Paris, c.1650. Engraving, 31.8 by 42.5 cm. (British Library, London; Map Collection, K.Top 82420[3]).
Western art unattributed:
1. View of St-Pierre, looking north from le Carbet toward Fort St-Pierre and Mont Pelée. Photograph, 2006.
Western art unattributed:
4. Title-page of Code Noir. (1743 edition).