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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:: 87527
Andre-Hercule de Fleury
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 63 x 52 cm (24.8 x 20.5 in)
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Painting ID:: 88488
Martin van den Bogaert, dit Desjardins
1683
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 139 x 104 cm (54.7 x 40.9 in)
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Painting ID:: 89088
Portrait of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn.
1690(1690)
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 91883
Portrait of Portrait of the artist, bust-length, with a yellow cravat and a blue cloak, feigned oval.
1696
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 83 X 65.4 cm (32.7 X 25.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 92633
Graf Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Sinzendorf (1671-1742)
Date 1728(1728)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 166 x 132 cm
Rahmenmaße: 194,5 x 157,5 x 10 cm
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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: | Ernest Duez | Joseph Highmore | Marcus Gheeraertz the Younger | roger de la fresnaye | James McDougal Hart |
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