Gabriel Blanchard
Artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)
Date: 1715
Dimensions:
H: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm); W: 14 in. (35.5 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1959.15
Label Text:Official portrait painter to three generations of the Bourbon monarchs of France (including the Sun King, Louis XIV), Hyacinthe Rigaud imbued his subjects with a sense of elegant superiority. Official portrait painter to three generations of the Bourbon monarchs of France (including the Sun King, Louis XIV), Hyacinthe Rigaud imbued his subjects with a sense of elegant superiority. This study for a finished, bust-length painting now in the collection of the Château de Parentignat in France depicts the painter Gabriel Blanchard (1630–1704). The son of the better-known painter Jacques Blanchard (1600–1638), Gabriel worked for Louis XIV as keeper of the royal collection. He was also professor and, later, treasurer at the Royal Academy.
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