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Hyacinthe Rigaud
1659-1743
French
Hyacinthe Rigaud Gallery
He was born Jacint Rigau i Ros [1] -- though in many encyclopaedias is "re-christened" with the name of H??acint Francesc Honrat Mathias Pere Martyr Andreu Joan Rigau -- in Perpignan, which became French (Treaty of the Pyrenees) a short time after his birth (November 7, 1659).
In 1682, he was awarded the Prix de Rome.
He was the most important portrait painter in the reign of King Louis XIV. His instinct for impressive poses and grand presentations precisely suited the tastes of the royal personages, ambassadors, clerics, courtiers, and financiers who sat for him.
Because Rigaud's paintings captured very exact likenesses along with the subject's costumes and background details, his paintings are considered precise records of contemporary fashions. Rigaud was a master of the Baroque style of art. Rigaud's best-known work is his 1701 painting of Louis XIV which today hangs in the Louvre in Paris, as well as the second copy also requested by Louis XIV which is now at Versailles.
In 1709 he was made a noble by his hometown of Perpignan. In 1727 he was made a knight of the Order of Saint Michael.
Hyacinthe Rigaud died in Paris, France on December 27, 1743.
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Painting ID:: 3563
Portrait of a Scholar
The Hermitage, St.Petersburg
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Painting ID:: 20636
Madame Rigaud Mother of the Artist in Two Different Positions (mk05)
Canvas 36 1/2 x 40 1/2''(93 x 103 cm)Salon of 1704;
bequeathed by the artist ot the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture;collection of the Academie Royale INV
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Painting ID:: 20637
Jacques-Benigne Bossuet Bishop of Meaux (mk05)
1702
Canvas 94 1/2 x 65''(240 x 165 cm)Acquired in 1821
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Painting ID:: 20638
Louis XIV King of France (mk05)
1701
Canvas 109 x 76 1/2''(277 x 194 cm)Salon of 1704;collection of Louis XIV
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Painting ID:: 21603
Portrait of Louis XIV (mk08)
1701
Oil on canvas,
279x190cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
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Hyacinthe Rigaud
1659-1743
French
Hyacinthe Rigaud Gallery
He was born Jacint Rigau i Ros [1] -- though in many encyclopaedias is "re-christened" with the name of H??acint Francesc Honrat Mathias Pere Martyr Andreu Joan Rigau -- in Perpignan, which became French (Treaty of the Pyrenees) a short time after his birth (November 7, 1659).
In 1682, he was awarded the Prix de Rome.
He was the most important portrait painter in the reign of King Louis XIV. His instinct for impressive poses and grand presentations precisely suited the tastes of the royal personages, ambassadors, clerics, courtiers, and financiers who sat for him.
Because Rigaud's paintings captured very exact likenesses along with the subject's costumes and background details, his paintings are considered precise records of contemporary fashions. Rigaud was a master of the Baroque style of art. Rigaud's best-known work is his 1701 painting of Louis XIV which today hangs in the Louvre in Paris, as well as the second copy also requested by Louis XIV which is now at Versailles.
In 1709 he was made a noble by his hometown of Perpignan. In 1727 he was made a knight of the Order of Saint Michael.
Hyacinthe Rigaud died in Paris, France on December 27, 1743.
. Related Artists to Hyacinthe Rigaud: | ORRENTE, Pedro | Joseph Highmore | Pier Leone Ghezzi | Master of the Saint Ursula Legend | Charles William Mitchell |
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