La Vierge à la grappe

XVIIe siècle (vers 1655 - 1657) · Peintures

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1635–1657
Roman acquaintances: Poussin and Sassoferrato
In Rome he meets Nicolas Poussin and the painter Sassoferrato; Poussin hires him to copy his works.
1656–1657
Travel: Comtat Venaissin
1657
Summoned to Paris by the court of Louis XIV
Famous in Italy, he is summoned to Paris in 1657 to the court of Louis XIV; by other accounts, the summons probably came from Cardinal Mazarin.
1657–1658
Meeting Molière in Avignon
On the way back he stops in Avignon, where his brother Nicolas worked, and meets the dramatist Molière, who becomes a close friend; in the autumn of 1658 both settle in Paris. Mignard painted several portraits of Molière.
1658–1690
Rivalry with Charles Le Brun
He becomes the rival of the king's first painter Charles Le Brun, whom he had known since Vouet's workshop, and refuses to join the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture while Le Brun is its director; instead he heads a competing guild, the Academy of Saint Luke in Paris. His brother Nicolas and his nephew and pupil Paul side with Le Brun, and relations with them break down.
1658–1695 · Wirkungsort
Paris