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Collection of the Rochechouart de Mortemart Family

Nicolas Mignard

Portrait of Nicolas de Brisacier, Count of Hombourg, Governor of Sierck

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June 9, 01:57 PM GMT

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12,000 - 18,000 EUR

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Collection of the Rochechouart de Mortemart Family 


Nicolas Mignard

Troyes 1606 - 1668 Paris

Portrait of Nicolas de Brisacier, Count of Hombourg, Governor of Sierck


Oil on canvas

62,3 x 50 cm ; 24½ by 19¾ in.


We are grateful to Dr. Jane MacAvock for having confirmed the authenticity of the work after first-hand inspection. It will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist.

In the family's sitter since its execution:

Nicolas de Brisacier;

Her daughter, Marie-Thérèse de Brisacier (1668-1759), spouse of Jacques-Gustave de Malortie, seigneur of Boudeville (1665-1729);

Their son, Jacques-François de Malortie, Marquis of Boudeville (1665-1729);

His daughter, Marie-Anne, Countess of Hombourg (1693-1774), spouse of Antoine-François de Gaude de Martainville;

Their daughter, Marie-Thérèse (1725-1807), spouse of Philippe-Charles Vogt d’Hunolstein (1719-1790);

Their son, Philippe-Antoine Vogt d’Hunolstein (1750-1830);

Hi son , Félix Vogt d’Hunolstein (1778-1838);

His son, Paul Vogt d’Hunolstein ((1804-1892);

His son, Léopold Vogt d'Hunolstein (1830-1903);

His daughter, Hélène Vogt d’Hunolstein (1859-1904), spouse of Duke Arthur-Casimir de Mortemart (1856-1926);

Their son, François de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Princ of Tonnay-Charente (1909-1938);

His son, Louis-Victor de Rochechouart, Marquis of Mortemart (1909-1938);

His son, Charles-Louis de Rochechouart, Count of Mortemart (1933-2021);

Thence by descent;

Collection of the Rochechouart de Mortemart Family.