Hyacinthe Rigaud

Hyacinthe Rigaud
Self-portrait in a turban (1698)
Born
Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra

(1659-07-18)18 July 1659
Died29 December 1743(1743-12-29) (aged 84)
NationalityFrench
EducationCharles Le Brun
Paul Pezet (presumed)
Antoine Ranc (presumed)
Known forpainting, portraiture
Notable workcoronation portrait of Louis XIV; The Presentation in the temple; portrait of Bossuet in winter costume; portraits of Louis XIV
MovementBaroque
AwardsPrix de Rome (1682)
Signature
Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office
1733–1735[a]
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byLouis de Boullogne
Succeeded byGuillaume Coustou

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 Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.
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