Discover court painter, painter, academy lecturer Hyacinthe Rigaud

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: Rigault, Hyacinthe
Rigau y Ros, Hyacinthe
Rigaud, Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André Jean

Qualifications: court painter, painter, academy lecturer, professor, draftsperson, pastelist, art collector, collector of Dutch and Flemish painting
In 1702 he was appointed teacher at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, and thereafter in 1710 tot professor at the same institute.

Nationality/school: French

Born: Perpignan 1659-07-18

Deceased: Paris 1743-12-29

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35 hits in RKDimages as artist
2 hits in RKDimages as provenance
11 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

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Biographical information

Education: Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (Parijs)

as apprentice by Lafosse and Lebrun.

Active in

Perpignan 1669 - 1670
studied in Perpignan with Jean François Antoine Andal Guerra (Perreau 2004)
Lyon 1677 - 1681
left with his classmate Ranc Henri Verdier to Lyon
Parijs 1681 - 1743
Rome 1682
In 1682 he won first price for painting with 'Caïn bâtisant la ville d' Enoc', after which he left for a year for Rome on the advice of Le Brun (Perreau 2004)
Perpignan 1695

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Guerra, Jean Francois Antoine Andal
Lafosse, Charles de
Le Brun, Charles
Ranc, Antoine
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Cellony, Joseph André
Collin de Vermont, Hyacinthe
Descours, Michel Hubert
Desportes, Nicolas
Fiedler, Johann Christian
Guerra, Antoine (le jeune)
Hengst, Willem
Monmorency, B.
Siries, Violante Beatrice
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Rembrandt
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Fiedler, Johann Christian
André, Jean (1662-1753)
Rusca, Carlo Francesco
Clementi, Maria Giovanni Battista
Dupra, Domenico
Vivien, Joseph
Bourguignon, Pierre
Piane, Giovanni Maria dalle
Grimou, Alexis
Le Coffre, Benoît

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: princely portrait, portrait, group portrait, Christian religious scene, flower piece

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 11 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 28 (1934), p. 349-351 (as: Rigaud, Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André Jean)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 86, 89, 90 en 98 (on Rigaud and Rembrandt)
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 260 (as: Rigaud, Rigault or Rigau y Ros, Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André ou)
Bajou 1997 , p. 237-246
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 11, p. 699-701 (as: RIGAUD Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André ou Rigau y Ros)
Roscam Abbing 1999 , p. 124, 155, 171-172 (regarding Rigaud and Rembrandt)
Maës/Blanc 2010 , p. 317-327

A. James-Sarazin, 'Le portrait du cardinal de Bouillon par Hyacinthe Rigaud', La Revue des Musées de France - Revue du Louvre, 2007/5, p. 60-70
S. Perreau, Hyacinthe Rigaud 1659-1743: le peintre des rois, Montpellier 2004
A. James-Sarazin, 'L'inventaire après décès de Hyacinthe Rigaud',, Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'art français, 2007 (2008), p. 49-155
A. James-Sarazin, 'Proposition pour une identification: le portrait présumé de Pierre Gruyn par Hyacinthe Rigaud', La Revue des Musées de France - Revue du Louvre (2011), no. 3, p. 33-42

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