title: Laurent Fauchier
text: # Laurent Fauchier
  
  Laurent Fauchier (1643–1672) was a French portrait painter.
  
  ## Biographie
  
  Laurent Fauchier was born in Aix-en-Provence, rue de la Sabaterie (today called rue Laurent Fauchier). He was the son of Balthazar Fauchier and Anne Marguerite Chanvre who were married in 1638.
  
  He became a pupil of Bernadin Mimault for three years, where he probably met his later teacher Pierre Mignard and his later pupil Pierre Puget. In 1664 he became a portrait painter with his own workshop and was awarded a commission by the city council for 66 portraits which he did not finish.
  
  ## Réferences
  
  * ↑ Rue de la Sabaterie
  * ↑ Fauchier in the RKD
  