Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin, half-length, in a pale blue dress with blue and black bows attribued to Jacob Ferdinand Voet (auctioned by Bonhams)

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Upgrade image posted 18 July 2015 from the lost gallery’s photostream on flickr; spots removed with Photoshop. The dark rectangle at the top is from the original image on the Bonhams Web site.

Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin, half-length, in a pale blue dress with blue and black bows attribued to Jacob Ferdinand Voet (auctioned by Bonhams) UPGRADE the lost gallery

Hortense's corset held by a bow would have lit a King's fire. She frames her coiffure with lighter-colored hair or feathers.

Keywords:  Voet, Hortense Mancini, Mancini family, de La Porte family, Duchess, mistress, Charles II, hurluberlu coiffure, lace-edged chemise, scoop neckline, modesty piece, bows, lace cuffs, full virago lower sleeves, corset, split bodice

Oct 15, 2014 at 1:39 PM
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