 When King Louis XIV and his Court visited Avignon on their way to the King's wedding with Maria Theresa of Spain, Mignard was commissioned to paint portraits of various courtiers including Cardinal Mazarin.Mazarin ordered Mignard by lettre de cachet to come to Paris in 1660.Mignard joined the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1663 without having to submit an admission piece.