Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame de Sevigne
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame de Sevigne, French epistolary writer famous for her letters to her daughter Madame de Grignan, 1626-1696. She wears a skull cap and bows, hair in ringlets, black silk mantua dress with lace collar and cuffs decorated with ribbons. She holds a quill pen and letter. After a portrait in oils by Pierre Mignard and a miniature on vellum in the editor's collection. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de Femmes Celebres, Paris, 1827
Picture No
12489532
Media ID
46503840
Size
4657px x 6619px
(6.1MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
