Hyacinthe Rigaud

1714

Pierre Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud

Associated Names
Pierre Drevet

Artist, French, 1663 - 1738

Hyacinthe Rigaud

Artist After, French, 1659 - 1743

The image features a portrait of a person seated behind a ledge. The individual has a high forehead, a straight nose, slightly pursed lips, and eyes looking directly at the viewer. They have curly hair peeking out from under a fabric headpiece. The person wears a voluminous garment with textured fabric, dramatic folds, and decorative cuffs. They hold drawing tools and are positioned in front of an architectural background with engraved inscriptions below the ledge.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1975.61.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Firmin-Didot 1876, no. 112, State iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1876

  • Firmin-Didot, Ambroise. Les Drevet (Pierre, Pierre-Imbert et Claude); catalogue raisonne de leur oeuvre. Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1876.

Inscriptions

below image in plate: HYACINTHUS RIGAUD Eques natus Perpiniani ex nobilium ejusdem / civitatis number in Regia Picturae Academia Professor / hanc ab ipso met coloribus expressam effigiem, aeri incidit Petrus Drevet Lugdunensis Calcographus Regius; perenne grati / animi monumentum ; quod illum in artis peritia sapientibus consiliis juvenit anno M. DCC.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Paye 750+ chez Prouté / [not deciphered]; 101077

Wikidata ID

Q65576205

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