Live Auction 2135Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
Circle of Philippe de Champaigne Brussels 1602-1674 Paris
Lot 274 NO RESERVE

Circle of Philippe de Champaigne Brussels 1602-1674 Paris

Portrait of Jean Antoine de Mesmes (1598-1673), bust-length

Closed28 January 2009

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Circle of Philippe de Champaigne Brussels 1602-1674 Paris
Portrait of Jean Antoine de Mesmes (1598-1673), bust-length
oil on canvas
21½ x 17 in. 54.6 x 43.2 cm.

M. Hugot, Paris.

Specialist note

Jean-Antoine de Mesmes (1598-1673), the third son of a Councillor of State, held significant positions in the Parlement de Paris and was in 1651 elected its president. A full-length portrait of de Mesmes by Philippe de Champaigne, dating to 1653 and representing him in his official robes, is in the collection of the Louvre, Paris.