Nicolas Mignard
(1606–1668) French painter (1606-1668)
Nicolas Mignard (France, 1606–1668) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a designer. By year of birth, Nicolas Mignard belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Nicolas Mignard was born in Troyes and died in Paris. Nicolas Mignard studied under Simon Vouet.
The best-known works include ‘The Shepherd Faustulus Bringing Romulus and Remus to His Wife’, ‘la Vierge, saint Bernard, saint Louis, sainte Hélène et sainte Madeleine’, ‘Christ's arrival at Bethany’, and ‘Assumption of Mary’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, religious painting, and mythological painting. The catalogue has 13 works by Nicolas Mignard with free images. The dated works span the years 1640–1700. Works by Nicolas Mignard are held by several collections, among them Calvet Museum, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne, Dallas Museum of Art, and Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Michel Corneille l'Ancien, Abraham Bosse, Pierre Patel, Laurent de La Hyre, and Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck.