Nicolas Mignard, also known as Mignard d’Avignon, was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits. He spent most of his active life in Avignon creating religious and mythological paintings for religious institutions and stately homes but ended his career as court painter in Paris.
Self-portrait, 1621-1668, Calvet Museum
Venus and Adonis, c. 1650
Molière in the role of Julius Caesar, 1656
Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I, called "Mignard le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits. He was a near-contemporary of the Premier Peintre du Roi Charles Le Brun with whom he engaged in a bitter, life-long rivalry.
The Virgin with the grapes, 1640
Portrait of Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
Ecce homo, 1690