Artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659 - 1743)
Nationality: French
Movement: Baroque
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Hyacinthe Rigaud first studied in Montpellier and Lyon. He moved to Paris in 1681 and won the Prix de Rome a year later. However, heeding the advice of Charles Le Brun, he chose not to travel to Italy to study and instead remained in France. His breakthrough in the French court came after his elegant 1688 portrait of King Louis XIV’s brother. His reputation expanded as he painted the portraits of Versailles dignitaries, visiting royalty, artists, notable clergy members, and military leaders. Rigaud developed a friendly rivalry with Nicolas de Largilliere, although the two had different clientele. Rigaud’s portraits of aristocrats utilized the formality of Philippe de Champaigne, Anthony van Dyck’s composition. His independent works were reminiscent of Rembrandt van Rijn’s work in their focus on realism and character. Rigaud was elected to the Academie Royale in 1700 as a history painter and later worked there as a professor.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Pierre Drevet, Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1721
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Jean DaullÈ, Hyacinthe Rigaud, 18th century
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Johan George Wille, Joseph Pavrrocel, (after Hyacinthe Rigaud), 1744
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Hyacinthe Rigaud, Shakespeare - First Part of Henry IV - Act V, Scene IV., 17th - 18th century
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Hyacinthe Rigaud, Sheet of Studies of Hands Playing Bagpipes and Drapery, 1735
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Cornelis Vermeulen I, Portrait of Jean Baptists Boyer, Cher. etc. (aft. Hyacinthe Rigaud), 17th - 18th century
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Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai
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Portrait of a Man, Possibly François de Chambrier (1663-1730) Attributed to Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)Oil
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Louis XV (1710-1774) as a Child Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)Oil on canvas; 77 x 55
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Atelier of Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros (called Hyacinthe Rigaud), French, 1659-1743 Portrait of Nicolas
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Portrait of a Man
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Hyacinthe Rigaud - Madame de Noailles 1692 oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts French
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Hyacinthe Rigaud - Cardinal Guillaume Dubois 1723 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Jean Baptiste Rigaud and Jacques Rigaud, Vue de Versailles, 18th century
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Style of Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros (called Hyacinthe Rigaud), French, 1659-1743 Portrait of a
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Jean Baptiste Rigaud and Jacques Rigaud, Italian Landscape with Figures, 18th century
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Jean Baptiste Rigaud and Jacques Rigaud, Vue de Chateau deVersailles, 18th century
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Jean Baptiste Rigaud and Jacques Rigaud, Vue de Chateau de Versailles, 18th century
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Portrait of Louis XIV
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Hyacinthe Rigaud - Portrait of Charles Gaspard Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc, Archbishop of Paris 1731 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester French
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Henri Louis de la Tour d"Auvergne (1679-1753), Comte d"Évreux, Maréchal de France, ca. 1720 Hyacinthe
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Gaspard Duchange, Charles Delafosse, (after painter Gaspard Rigaud), 1707
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Artist: Stephen Francis Rigaud Title: Lucifer in the Bower of Adam and Eve, from Book
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Starno, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Swaran, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Comala, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Dina, Moina, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Oscar, Fingel Enchullin, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Championnet, Dampierrie, Kleber, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Agandecca, Guernier Francais, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Hoche, Joubert Ossian, etc, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Cormar, Foldath, Clothal, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Galvina, Trenmor, Morar, Crugal, 1821
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Sumalla, Nina, Combal, Athal, 1821
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Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland, Marchioness Wellesley, (formerlyCount.of Mornington), 1791
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Figure in Costume, 18th - 19th century
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Figure in Costume, 18th - 19th century
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Figure in Costume, 18th - 19th century
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Lecomte Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry, Darthula, Caibar, Collama, Slisama, Semo, Bragela, 1821
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Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier (1841-1906), Called Eugène Murer, 1877 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)Oil on canvas; 18 1/2

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Carnegie Museum of Art: Portrait/Self Portrait: Prints and Drawings from the Museum's Collections
Dating from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century, the show features works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Cézanne, Degas, Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, Klimt, and Picasso, as well as American artists such as Mary Cassatt, John James Audubon...

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