Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) And Workshop- Portrait Of Louis XIV (1694 Version)

Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) and Atelier- Portrait of Louis XIV (version of 1694)

Relined canvas 92 cm by 74 cm
Old frame 115 cm by 98 cm

Louis XIV at 56 years old on this famous portrait which was taken over by the artists of the workshop (and what artists! Ranc, Nattier, Tournières, Le Gros, Blain de Fontenay, Desportes ...). This portrait had considerable success. Our version is of a very high quality magnified by a very beautiful and rare frame

For more exhaustive information on Rigaud and especially on this portrait, I refer you to the excellent work of the specialist of Hyacinthe Rigaud, Stephan Perraud:
http: //www.hyacinthe-rigaud.com/catalogue-raisonne-hyacinthe-rigaud/portraits/475-louis-xiv

Yacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743)

Hyacinthe Rigaud, born in Perpignan on July 18, 1659 and died in Paris on December 29, 1743 , is a French painter, specialized in portraiture. Born in the former province of Catalonia (his real name was in Catalan Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra), he will spend most of his career in Paris. Noticed by Louis XIV, whom he painted in a now famous portrait, Hyacinthe Rigaud became much sought after by all the nobility of France and Europe, while keeping a very loyal regional and local clientele. The young Hyacinthe Rigaud improved his skills with Antoine Ranc (in the company of Jean Ranc, son of Antoine) in Montpellier in the 1671s, before moving to Lyon four years later. It was in these two cities that he became familiar with Flemish, Dutch and Italian painting, that of Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt or Titian, whose works he later collected. Arrived in Paris in 1681, he obtained the Prix de Rome in 1682, but did not make the trip to Rome, on the advice of Charles Le Brun. Received at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1700, he climbed all the levels of this institution until his resignation in 1735. According to the French art writer Louis Hourticq, “Rigaud, while dying, leaves a gallery great characters with whom our imagination now populates the Hall of Mirrors; Rigaud is necessary for the glory of Louis XIV and he participates in this influence of a reign whose majesty he has established. "Real" photographs ", faces that Diderot described as" letters of recommendation written in a language common to all men ". Rigaud's paintings now populate the largest museums in the world. His work is considerable, more than 1500 known to date. The artist was able to count on a workshop rich in great names in painting, such as Jean Ranc, Marc Nattier, Jean le Gros, Robert de Tournière… and many others (more than thirty during the entire period).