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Portrait of Queen Marie Casimire Sobieska as Venus holding Paris's apple and her son as Cupid  wikidata:Q121126398 reasonator:Q121126398
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Follower of Pierre Mignard I  (1612–1695)  wikidata:Q360010
 
Follower of Pierre Mignard I
Alternative names
Mignard le Romain
Description French painter, miniaturist and muralist
brother of Nicolas Mignard
Date of birth/death 17 November 1612 Edit this at Wikidata 30 May 1695 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Troyes Paris
Work location
Fontainebleau, Troyes (....-1636), Italy (1636-1656), Rome, Avignon (1657), Paris (1657-1695)
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1775,Q360010
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Title
Portrait of a lady as Venus
label QS:Len,"Portrait of a lady as Venus"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Catalogue Note: "This portrait historisée bears strong resemblances to the description of a painting showing Mademoiselle de la Vallière as Venus holding an apple with Cupid holding a mirror and two doves, which was sold Paris, 16-17 March 1870, lot 85 (see L. Nikolenko, Pierre Mignard. The Portrait Painter of the Grand Siècle, Munich 1983, p. 124, cat. no. 54)."
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 62 cm (24.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 49.2 cm (19.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+62U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+49.2U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Object history Auction: Sotheby's, 2 November 2004, Old Master Paintings, lot 88 auctioned as "A portrait of a lady as Venus, wearing a blue satin dress with a gold and white shawl, holding Paris's apple, together with Cupid and two doves in the foreground" [1] [2] [3]
Notes The portrait resembles contemporary effigies of Queen Marie Casimire Sobieska and her son Jakub Ludwik Sobieski, who was born in Paris in 1667, as well as portraits of Maria Anna Christine Victoria of Bavaria (1660-1690), Dauphine of France.
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