Have one like this?
Upload a photo for a free check of what yours may be worth.
Lot description
Henri Gascar (French, 1634/5-1701) Portrait of Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin (1646-1699) three-quarter length, seated, in a white blouse and pink wrap, with a landscape beyond inscribed 'Ortance Manchini Duchesse de.../Mazerin'; and indistinctly signed 'H. Gascar 1680' (lower right, 'Gascar' strengthened) oil on canvas 93.5 x 116.5cm Provenance: Lord Gladwyn (1900-1996) Bramfield Hall, Halesworth, Suffolk, by 1984, Thence by descent until sold, London, Christie's, 4th March 2004, lot 293, Property of a Suffolk Collector Footnote: The sitter was the most beautiful of the celebrated daughters of Hyeronima Mazarin, Cardinal Mazarin's sister, and Lorenzo Mancini. King Charles II, while in exile, asked for her hand in marriage, but her uncle refused the suit. She subsequently married Armand-Charles de La Porte, duc de La Meilleraye, a middle ranking noble with a great fortune, and the couple took the title the Duke and Duchess of Mazarin. Cardinal Mazarin left them the largest share of his own considerable fortune. In 1666, they separated and she left France. She lived for years on the estates of the Duke of Savoy but, after his death in 1675, went to England, where King Charles II welcomed her at court.