Nicolas Mignard - Artist Info

About Nicolas Mignard

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Nicolas Mignard D'avignon
  • Biography

    Nicolas Mignard, called Mignard d´Avignon, was the brother of Pierre Mignard. He learnt to paint in Troyes and Fontainebleau under Fréminet and Primaticcio . In Lyon he became a protégé of Cardinal Richelieu, who financed a two year sojourn to Rome from 1635-36. He returned to Avignon in 1639, where he remained for the next two decades.

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