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The Mazarinettes were the seven nieces of Cardinal Jules Mazarin,, chief minister to the Kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV of France from 1642 until his death.
Three of the Mazarinettes portrayed as goddesses, Venus, Juno and Diana: Olympia (left), Hortense (center) and Marie Mancini (right)
Cardinal Mazarin
Anne of Austria
Laura Mancini, Duchess of Mercœur
Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons was the second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters who, along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of
Jacob van Schuppen's portrait of Olympia's son, Prince Eugene of Savoy
Portrait of Olympia Mancini depicted as the goddess Athena. Painted before 1695 by Pierre Mignard.