View of Royal Palace of Meudon and Village (Vue du Chateau de Meduon et du village), from the series Le Château de Meudon
Jacques Rigaud
1730-1740
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 18.6 × 41.4 cm (7 3/8 × 16 5/16 in.); Plate: 21.5 × 43 cm (8 1/2 × 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 32.6 × 51.4 cm (12 7/8 × 20 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
153614
About the Artist
Jacques Rigaud · 1681–1754
Jacques Rigaud (1681–1754), born in Puyloubier near Aix-en-Provence to an apothecary father, emerged as one of the eighteenth century's premier topographical draughtsmen and engravers. Little is known of his early training, though he began his career in Marseille under the patronage of Nicolas Lamoignon, Marquis de Basville, governor of Languedoc. His earliest dated work, a panoramic *View of Toul...