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Portrait of Charles Le Brun Painting ID:: 77802
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Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Charles Le Brun 1730(1730)
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Portrait of Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate Duchess of Orleans Painting ID:: 77803
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Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate Duchess of Orleans 1723(1723)
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Portrait of Claude de Villars Painting ID:: 77814
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Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Claude de Villars 1704
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Portrait of Marie Cadenne Painting ID:: 77836
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Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Marie Cadenne 1684
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Portrait of Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (1652-1722), Duchess of Orleans Painting ID:: 77855
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Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (1652-1722), Duchess of Orleans ca. 1713(1713)
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132 ?? 109 cm (52 ?? 42.9 in)
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Hyacinthe Rigaud
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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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