File:Louis le Grand; Rigaud Hyacinthe.jpg

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Artist



Alternative names	Hyacinthe François Honouré Mathias Pierre André Jean Rigaud Hyacinthe Rigaud y Ros Hyacinthe Rigault
Description	French painter, professor, draughtsman 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 control	WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Louis XIV of France (1638-1715)

Date

1701

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 238 cm (93.7 in). Width: 149 cm (58.7 in).

Current location

( Inventory) Prado Museum

	Native name	Museo Nacional del Prado
	Location	Madrid
	Coordinates	40° 24′ 49.28″ N, 3° 41′ 32.27″ W
	Established	1819
	Website	museodelprado.es
	Authority control	WorldCat

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RIGAUD, Hyacinthe

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

Louis XIV 1701 Oil on canvas, 238 x 149 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid

The dawning of the eighteenth century in France is marked by the culmination of the work of court portrait painters such as Hyacinthe Rigaud, who with great brilliance established the characteristics of the facial portrait, here represented by Louis XIV.

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

Type: portrait

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