Philippe Vignon (1638-1701)

• Was a French painter and draughtsman.

• Baptized in Paris, parish of Saint-Paul on June 27, 1638 and died in 1701, aged 67.

• Youngest son of Claude Vignon.

• He will grow up in a large family established rue Saint-Antoine and will be introduced from an early age to painting, working with his brothers and sisters in his father's studio.

• His mother died in 1643. while he has not yet reached the age of five.

• Widower with a dozen children, his father married in 1644.

• In an act dating from 1671, Philippe Vignon is described as "painter to the King of Great Britain"2 (Charles II).

• On February 23, 1686, the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture commissioned him as reception works within it the portraits of Messrs. Philippe de Buyster, and Henri Mauperché.

• In the inventory after his death of September 13, 1701, there is a painting by Jacques Blanchard, Angelique and Medor now in the Metropolitan Museum.

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