Monseigneur Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai
Hyacinthe Rigaud
1740
Medium
black and white chalk on brown laid paper (originally blue), laid down
Dimensions
overall: 35.7 x 29.6 cm (14 1/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Diane Allen Nixon
Accession Number
2002.27.1
About the Artist
Hyacinthe Rigaud · 1659–1743
Rigaud was one of the foremost painters of the later reign of Louis XIV. His subjects were drawn largely from court circles, specializing in the state portrait. His style included a greater formality to portraiture, in contrast to the previous style of understated elegance made popular by Titian and Anthony van Dyck. Rigaud's style continued dominate official portraiture in France into the 18th ce...