All RIGAUD, Hyacinthe's oil paintings
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8932 Everhard Jabach Everhard Jabach 1688 Oil on canvas, 58,5 x 47 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
8933 Portait of Count Sinzendorf Portait of Count Sinzendorf 1712 Oil on canvas, 166 x 132 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
8929 Portrait of Louis XIV Portrait of Louis XIV 1694 Oil on canvas, 277 x 194 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
8930 Portrait of Louis XIV gfj Portrait of Louis XIV gfj 1701 Oil on canvas, 279 x 190 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
8928 Portrait of Phillippe de Courcillon Portrait of Phillippe de Courcillon 1702 Oil on canvas, 162 x 150 cm Château de Versailles, Versailles
8931 Portrait of the Artist's Mother Portrait of the Artist's Mother 1695 Oil on canvas, 83 x 103 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
RIGAUD, Hyacinthe
French Baroque Era Painter, 1659-1743 .was a French baroque painter of Catalan origin whose career was based in Paris. He is renowned for his portrait paintings of Louis XIV, the royalty and nobility of Europe, and members of their courts. Rigaud was born Jacint Rigau i Ros -- 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 part of France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (7 November 1659) shortly after his birth. In 1682, he was awarded the Prix de Rome. He was the most important portrait painter during 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 that now hangs at the Palace of 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. Rigaud died in Paris in 1743 at the age of 84. . Related Artists to : | Gerard van Honthorst | MASTER of the Aix-en-Chapel Altarpiece | Koller, Rudolf | William Pitt | H.Chr.Jensen |