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Description: | A three-quarter portrait of Isaac Minet (1660-1745), wearing the corporation gown that he had made in 1709 and holding a scroll in his right hand with 'Rappel de l'edit' written on it. The 1598 Edict of Nantes gave French protestants (or Huguenots) substantial civil rights. Its repeal in 1685 and the subsequent persecution of protestants caused many thousands of them to take their talents and skills elsewhere. Isaac Minet came to Dover in 1686 and founded the Minet Bank. | Subjects: | portrait (Minet Isaac) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mignard, Pierre, I (French painter and portraitist, 1612-1695) Æ Attributed to school of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8746... | Go to resource |
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