Hyacinthe Rigaud or the sun portrait.
Faton| N° d'inventaire | 23289 |
| Format | 25 x 28 |
| Détails | 439 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Dijon, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782878442809 |
The figure of the painter Hyacinthe Rigaud, born in 1656 in Perpignan, has been almost eclipsed by his masterpiece, the famous Portrait of Louis XIV in Royal Costume painted in 1701 and reproduced in all history books. Behind this work hides an artist as brilliant as he is prolific, author of approximately 1,500 paintings, 150 of which will be presented during a major retrospective at the Palace of Versailles. Accompanying this event, the catalog allows us to discover an unexpected Rigaud, a portraitist fascinated by religious painting, a painter captivated by sculpture, as gifted for grandiose effigies as for intimate representations. His work, painted over more than half a century, invites us to rediscover court society under Louis XIV, the Regency, and Louis XV, as well as to reconsider the importance given to the portrait genre. She made Hyacinthe Rigaud, with his friend and colleague Nicolas de Largillierre, the most dazzling ambassadors of his time.
The figure of the painter Hyacinthe Rigaud, born in 1656 in Perpignan, has been almost eclipsed by his masterpiece, the famous Portrait of Louis XIV in Royal Costume painted in 1701 and reproduced in all history books. Behind this work hides an artist as brilliant as he is prolific, author of approximately 1,500 paintings, 150 of which will be presented during a major retrospective at the Palace of Versailles. Accompanying this event, the catalog allows us to discover an unexpected Rigaud, a portraitist fascinated by religious painting, a painter captivated by sculpture, as gifted for grandiose effigies as for intimate representations. His work, painted over more than half a century, invites us to rediscover court society under Louis XIV, the Regency, and Louis XV, as well as to reconsider the importance given to the portrait genre. She made Hyacinthe Rigaud, with his friend and colleague Nicolas de Largillierre, the most dazzling ambassadors of his time.