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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The Duchesse de la Vallière (1644-1710), renowned for her beauty, was chosen as a mistress for Louis XIV to distract him from an impending relationship with his sister-in-law. Pierre Mignard, one of the most fashionable portraitists at Louis XIV's court, had trained under the celebrated Simon Vouet. The sitter is depicted in a landscape, having just picked flowers which she has collected in her cloak, probably to make a wreath, and she holds up a single anemone in her left hand. The flowers allude to beauty and fecundity, fitting attributes for an official royal mistress. | Subjects: | Duchesse de la Vallière) portrait (Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mignard, Pierre, I (French painter and portraitist, 1612-1695) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Gascard, Henri (French painter, 1634 or 1635-1701) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8574... | Go to resource |
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