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im Museum
Die Marquise de Seignelay mit zwei ihrer Söhne
1691
London, National Gallery, Saal 31 (Inventar-Nr. NG2967)
The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Sons
The sitter, Catherine-Thérèse de Matignon-Thorigny, had married Jean Baptiste Colbert de Seignelay, head of the French Admiralty. She is portrayed here as the sea goddess Thetis with two of her five sons. It may be her eldest boy, Marie-Jean Baptiste, who appears as Thetis' son Achilles, and her youngest, Théodore-Alexandre, as Cupid.
