Portrait of Hyacinthe Rigaud
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 7/16 x 13 1/2 in. (46.9 x 34.3 cm) Image: 17 7/8 x 13 3/16 in. (45.4 x 33.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.930
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant engraving, *Portrait of Hyacintheud* (1721), captures the renowned French portraitist Hyacinthe Rigaud (9–1743) the masterful hand of engraver Pierre Imbert Det (1697–1738). Created as a reproductive print after Rigaud's own painted self-portrait, it exemplifies the collaborative spirit of 18th-century French art, where painters and engravers worked together to disseminate images of cultural luminaries. Rigaud, celebrated for his lavish Baroque portraits of Louis XIV and Versailles court, gazes confidently from the page, his fur-trimmed robe and powdered wig evoking the grandeur o...