The Marquise De Seignelay
Artist: Pierre Mignard (French, 1612 - 1695)
Original Dimensions: 76 5/8" x 60 3/4"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (1691) "In this portrait, the recently widowed Catherine-Thérèse de Goyon de Matignon-Thorigny, Marquise de Seignelay (1662–1699) is depicted as the sea-goddess Thetis. Pierre Mignard expresses this through the coral, reeds and pearls woven in her hair and the scallop shell at her feet. Her sumptuous robe is painted using ultramarine, a highly expensive blue pigment, as a show of her fortune and power. Her eight-year-old son Marie-Jean Baptiste (1683–1712) is dressed as the Greek hero Achilles – Thetis’ son by the mortal Peleus (Pelée in French). At the Marquise’s side, Cupid offers up a shell cup overflowing with pearls and coral. Along with the exotic shells at her feet, these are used to celebrate her husband’s career in the French royal navy and the wealth gained through his exploits in the French colonies of the West Indies. It has recently been suggested that Mignard situates the figures on the shores of Martinique, an island in the West Indian ocean which was purchased for the French crown by the late Marquis’ father in 1664. The smoking volcano in the background – Mount Pelée – is an ingenious reference to Catherine-Thérèse’s deceased husband." - (National Gallery of Art, London)
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