DAC Collection Artist Information
Hyacinthe Rigaud
French painter and draftsman
Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Rigaud was one of the foremost painters of the later reign of Louis XIV. His subjects were drawn largely from court circles, specializing in the state portrait. His style included a greater formality to portraiture, in contrast to the previous style of understated elegance made popular by Titian and Anthony van Dyck. Rigaud's style continued dominate official portraiture in France into the 18th century. His brother Gaspard Rigaud (1661-1705) was also a portrait painter.
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500024827.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.
Objects related to Hyacinthe Rigaud:
| Pierre-Imbert Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud | Portrait of the Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704), 1723 | Engraving on laid paper |
| Pierre Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud | Portrait of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse, 1714 | Engraving on laid paper |
| Pierre Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud | Portrait of the Painter, Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1714 | Engraving on laid paper |
| Georg Friedrich Schmidt after Hyacinthe Rigaud | Portrait of Jean-Baptist Silva, 1742 | Engraving on laid paper |
| Pierre Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud | Portrait of Maximilien Titon; Seigneur d’Ognon, 1690 | Engraving on laid paper |
| Pierre Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud | Portrait of the Painter, Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1714 | Engraving on laid paper |
| Gérard Edelinck after Hyacinthe Rigaud | Portrait of the French Genealogist, Charles-René d'Hozier, 1691 | Engraving |
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