1943.1349: Portrait of a Lady, said to be the Duchess of Aiguillon (1604-1675)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1349

People

Pierre Mignard, French (Troyes, France 1612 - 1695 Paris, France)
Previously attributed to Pierre Gobert, French (1662 - 1744)

Title

Portrait of a Lady, said to be the Duchess of Aiguillon (1604-1675)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Duchess of Aiguillon

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

17th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229984

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

119.2 x 94.5 cm (46 15/16 x 37 3/16 in.)
frame: 145.8 x 121 x 14 cm (57 3/8 x 47 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Possibly Chateau d'Aiguillon. M. Montaignac, Paris, sold; to [Edward Brandus, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1899, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1349

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Lada Nikolenko, Pierre Mignard: The Portrait Painter of the Grand Siècle, Nitz Verlag (Munich, Germany, 1983), no. 11, p. 98
• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Exhibition History

• The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005

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