Lot n° 454
Estimation :
25000 - 35000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 26 880EUR
Hyacinthe RIGAUD(1659-1743) - Lot 454
Hyacinthe RIGAUD(1659-1743)
Portrait of a Man in a Blue Coat, circa 1690
Oil on canvas.
H_81 cm W_64.5 cm
Restoration.
This sublime portrait, whose analogies with the artist's own self-portrait are obvious, dates from the
dates back to the early years of the Perpignan painter's career,
who arrived in Paris in 1681. To meet the ever-increasing number of prestigious commissions
he called on the services of assistants. It's not out of the question to see this painting as a
collaboration, as was regularly the case, with his brother Gaspard Rigaud.
Rigaud.
Rigaud's productions can be seen as those of a workshop in which the master
guarantees the quality of his works as they leave his hands or those of his assistants.
assistants. This was the painter's way of increasing output while maintaining
quality of execution. Gaspard Rigaud (1661-
1705), Jean Ranc (1674-1735) and Jean-Bapiste Oudry (1686-1755).
A special feature of our painting is that it is accompanied by its workshop replica. Painted with a
pigment, it has been resized in the past. This painting, with its slightly
is attributable to Gaspard Rigaud (1659-1743).
Provenance :
- Former collections of Comte Mathieu de la Redorte and Comte Cornudet
des Chomettes from a Château in the Aubusson region, lot 12,
26/06/2012, the painting had been assembled by this collector with a portrait of a woman
both had been framed with the same frames. This oval frame
explains Stéphan Perreau's confusion about another version of this painting.
painting.
- Aguttes sale, 22/06/2023, lot 33, with thanks to Mme Ariane JamesSarazin.
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