HYACINTHE See also:

• HYACINTHE RIGAUD (1659-1743)

RIGAUD (1659-1743)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French painter, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PERPIGNAN

Perpignan on the 20th of See also:

• JULY

July 1659, was the descendant of a See also:

• LINE

line of artists . Having See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early lost his See also:

• FATHER

father, he was sent by his See also:

• MOTHER

mother to See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier, where he studied under Pezet and was helped by See also:

• RANC, ARTHUR (1831–1908)

Ranc, then to See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, and in 1681 to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . There, whilst following the See also:

• REGULAR

regular course of academical instruction, See also:

• RIGAUD, HYACINTHE (1659-1743)

Rigaud produced a See also:

• GREAT

great number of portraits so See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good that Le Brun advised him to give up going to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and to devote himself wholly to this class of See also:

• WORK

work . Rigaud, although he had obtained the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Prix, followed this See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice, and for sixty-two years painted at the See also:

• RATE

rate of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty to See also:

• FORTY

forty portraits a See also:

• YEAR

year, all carried through with See also:

• INFINITE (from Lat. in, not, finis, end or limit; cf. findere, to deave)

infinite care by his own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . His portraits of himself, of the sculptor Desjardins (Louvre), of See also:

• MIGNARD, PIERRE (1610-1695)

Mignard and of Le Brun (Louvre) may be cited as triumphs of a still more attractive, if less imposing, See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character than that displayed in his grand representations of See also:

• BOSSUET, JAQUES BENIGNE (1627-1704)

Bossuet (Louvre) and See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV . (Louvre), while his beautiful portraits of his mother, See also:

• MARIE

Marie Serre (Louvre), must for ever remain amongst the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-pieces of French See also:

• ART

art . Rigaud, although the great successes to which he owed his fame were won without exception in portrait-See also:

• PAINTING

painting, persisted in pressing the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy to admit him as an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical painter . This delayed his reception, and it was not until See also:

• JANUARY

January 1700 that he succeeded in obtaining his See also:

• DESIRE

desire . He presented as his diploma See also:

• WORKS

works a St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew (Louvre) and the portrait of Desjardins already mentioned, exhibited at the See also:

• SALON

salon of 1704, and filled in turn all the various posts of academical distinction . He died on the 27th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1743, having never recovered from the See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock of losing his wife in the previous year . He had many pupils, and his numerous works had the good See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune to be reproduced by the greatest of French engravers—See also:

• EDELINCK, GERARD (1649-1707)

Edelinck, Drevet, Wille, See also:

• AUDRAN
• AUDRAN, EDMOND (1842-19o1)

Audran and others .