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Hyacinthe Rigaud: Portrait of Louis XIV

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Alternative names	Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André Jean Rigaud Hyacinthe Rigaud y Ros Hyacinthe Rigault
Description	French- painter, professor, drawer and pastellist
Date of birth/death	18 July 1659	29 December 1743
Location of birth/death	Perpignan	Paris
Work location	Perpignan (1669-1670), Lyon (1677-1681), Paris (1681-1743), Rome (1682), Perpignan (1695)
Authority file	: Q49898 VIAF: 71428427 ISNI: 0000000121387361 ULAN: 500024827 LCCN: no91019377 MusicBrainz: b8e97d59-acf2-4f18-8cfb-0be32a1b2135 WorldCat

Title

French:

Portrait de Louis XIV en costume de sacre

Portrait of Louis XIV

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Louis XIV of France

Date

between 1700 and 1701

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 277 cm (109 in)

; width: 194 cm (76.3 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

Room 602

Accession number

INV 7492 and MR 2391 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre)

Object history

1700: commissioned by Louis XIV of France

Exhibition history

Europeana 280
Salon of 1704, Grande Galerie, 12 September 1704 - 8 November 1704
Hyacinthe Rigaud or the Sun Portrait, Palace of Versailles, 19 May 2021 - 13 June 2021

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RIGAUD, Hyacinthe

(b. 1659, Perpignan, d. 1743, Paris)

Portrait of Louis XIV 1701 Oil on canvas, 279 x 190 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

This famous portrait is regarded as the very epitome of the absolutist ruler portrait. Yet it represents more than just power, pomp and circumstance. The sumptuous red and gold drapery is not only a motif of dignity, but also creates a framework that echoes the drapes of the ornate, ermine-lined robe. The blue velvet brocade ornamented with the golden fleurs-delis of the house of Bourbon is repeated in the upholstery of the chair, the cushion and the cloth draped over the table below it: the king quite clearly "sets the tone".

A monumental marble column on a high plinth is draped in such a way that it does not detract from the height of the figure. Louis is presented in an elegantly angled pose, situated well above the standpoint of the spectator to whom he seems to turn his attention graciously, but without reducing the stability of his stance.

Rigaud's consummate mastery of portraiture is particularly evident in the way he depicts the king's facial expression: his distanced unapproachability are not founded in Neoclassicist idealization, but in the candour of an ageing, impenetrable physiognomy. The lips are closed decisively and with a hint of irony, the eyes have a harsh, dark sheen, while the narrow nose suggests intolerance. This is a ruler who is neither good nor evil, but beyond all moral categories. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 20 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/17_cent/couperin_nations.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>François Couperin: Les Nations - La Française</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>

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Author: RIGAUD, Hyacinthe Title: Portrait of Louis XIV Time-line: 1701-1750 School: French Form: painting

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