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PIERRE PRIEUR (c. 1626-c. 1676)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 323 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIERRE See also:PRIEUR (c. 1626-c. 1676)  , See also:French See also:enamel painter . He married See also:Marie (1610-1677), See also:sister of See also:jean See also:Petitot, as her second See also:husband . In 1669 he was in See also:England, See also:painting a See also:miniature of See also:Charles II. and another of See also:Lady See also:Castlemaine, both after See also:Cooper, for the See also:king of See also:Denmark . In 167o he was in See also:Poland, painting for the Danish monarch a portrait of King See also:Michael, and in the following See also:year was in Denmark executing a remarkable See also:series of portraits of the See also:children of See also:Frederick III . All these, with some beautiful enamel badges for the See also:Order of the See also:Elephant, are in the Danish royal collection . By See also:Christian V. he is said to have been sent to See also:Spain and See also:Russia, where several examples of his See also:work, dated 1676, are to be seen in the Hermitage . In the following year he died in Denmark . He was a Huguenot, and was said to possess See also:secret See also:colours in enamel, especially a See also:blue, which were not known to his Petitot relations . His work in England is of See also:great rarity, See also:Lord Dartrey possessing the finest example, and there are two remarkable See also:works in the Pierpont See also:Morgan collection and one at See also:Windsor See also:Castle . Two in the Propert collection have been lost sight of . (G . C .

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