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Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒəˈsin riˈɣaw ˈrɔz i ˈsɛrə]; 18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743), known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud (pronounced [jasɛ̃t ʁiɡo]), was a Spanish-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.
Hyacinthe Rigaud (baptized July 18, 1659, Perpignan, Fr.—died Dec. 29, 1743, Paris) was one of the most prolific and successful French portrait painters of the Baroque period. He was trained at Montpellier before moving to Lyon and finally to Paris in 1681, where he devoted himself to portraiture.
Painter to the King 1659-1743. One of the most important portraitists for the king and Court, Rigaud set the standard for official portraits in European Courts for three centuries. Full name. Hyacinthe Rigaud. Title. Painter to the King. Life at Court. From 1659 to 1743. Reign of Louis XIV. His traces at Versailles. His artworks.
Hyacinthe Rigaud. 1659 - 1743. Rigaud was, with Largillierre, the leading French portrait painter of the later 17th and early 18th centuries. He was the principal official painter of Louis XIV, and also worked for his successor, Louis XV.
Hyacinthe Rigaud (French pronunciation: [ʁigo]; 18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743) was a French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.
As the leading patron of the era, Louis XIV employed a workshop of artists and architects; Hyacinthe Rigaud became the principal painter to the king.
Hyancinthe Rigaud was a French painter best known for his Baroque paintings, especially his full-length portrait of Louis XIV wearing his coronation robes.
