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File:Louis le Grand; Rigaud Hyacinthe.jpg

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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).
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JPEG file comment 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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