XIR370272 Mrs. Titon du Tillet (oil on canvas) by Largilliere, Nicolas de (1656-1746); Musee des Beaux-Arts et d\'Archeologie, Besancon, France; (add.info.: nee Marguerite Angelique Becaille (d. 1721); Titon acquired a huge fortune through arms manufacture and dealing and in 1706 he and his wife founded a convent of nursing nuns at Saint-Mande (Couvent des Dames Hospitalieres de l\'Ordre de saint-Augustin); in their early married life, they were not so prosperous and Mme Titon was nanny (nourrice) to the children of Marquis de Louvois (1639-71) who from 1662 was responsible for the reorganisation of the French army;); French, out of copyright.