Pierre II Mignard (20 February 1640 – 10 April 1725) was a French architect and painter. He was the son of painter

Nicolas Mignard Nicolas Mignard, called Mignard d’Avignon, (7 February 1606 (baptised) – 20 March 1668) was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits.Lada Nikolenko. "Mignard." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. O ...

and the younger brother of

Paul Mignard Paul Mignard (27 December 1639, in Avignon – 15 October 1691, in Lyon) was a French painter and etcher.Adrien Marcel, 'Nicolas Mignard, Mémoires de l'Académie de Vaucluse', 1931, p.16 Born into an important artistic family with its origin ...

, a portrait painter.

Biography

Pierre II Mignard was born and died in

Avignon Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label= Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune had ...

. In 1671, he became one of the first eight members of the

Académie royale d'architecture The Académie Royale d'Architecture (; en, "Royal Academy of Architecture") was a French learned society founded in 1671. It had a leading role in influencing architectural theory and education, not only in France, but throughout Europe and t ...

created by

Louis XIV Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was List of French monarchs, King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the Li ...

Gallery

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