Large 17th Century Italian portrait of Hortense Mancini, as Duchess of Mazarin, oil on canvas by Jacob Ferdinand Voet. Excellent quality and condition portrait of one of the famous Mazarinettes known in court for their beauty that led to advantageous marriages for each of them. Presented in a good period frame. Excellent example of Voet's portraiture who was the principle painter to the sisters and their cousins during the period.
Measurements: 33" x 26" framed approx
Artist Biography
Voet left Antwerp for Rome, where he probably lived between 1663 and 1678. While there he was under the patronage of the pontifical court and the local aristocracy, whose portraits he painted, including Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin, about 1670. His elegant portraits of 'Beauties' were inspired by the style of Carlo Maratti and Mignard. In his works he combines Flemish and Italian pictorial inspiration. He was also active in Turin, Antwerp and at the French court, where he ended his career as the portrait artist of Louis XIV.
In 2001, he was represented at the exhibition Painted Ladies. Women at the Court of Charles II, at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Berlin: Portrait of Cardinal Dezio Azzolini
Brussels (Mus. royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique): Portrait of a Young Man
Budapest: Cardinal Ludovisi
Chambry (MBA): Portrait of Cardinal Acciaioli; Portrait of a Man; Portrait of a Young Man
Chartres: Sulpicia Chigi, Farnese Princess
Florence (Uffizi): Self-portrait
London (National Portrait Gal.): Thomas Burnet (1675, oil on canvas)
London (NG): Cardinal de Retz (1676, oil on canvas); Cardinal Carlo Cerri (1669-1679, oil on canvas)
Nantes: Portraits of Women (three paintings); The Chevalier Jean de Souhigaray; Bertrand de Souhigaray; Catherine de Souhigaray
Rome (Gal. Spada): Pompeo Rocci
Rome (Pallavicini-Rospigliosi Gal.): Portrait of a Member of the Rospigliosi Pallavicini Family (1672); Portrait of a Man; Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna
St Petersburg (Hermitage): Portrait of a Young Woman
Warsaw: Orazio Archinto
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