Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1693 - Portrait of a Man - fine art print

This masterpiece was painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in the year 1693. The more than 320 year old original has the size: Oval, 32 1/2 x 25 3/4 in (82,6 x 65,4 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the French painter as the medium of the artwork. What is more, this artpiece is part of the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948 (public domain). The creditline of the artpiece is the following: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948. On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Hyacinthe Rigaud was a European artist from France, whose art style can primarily be attributed to Baroque. The French artist lived for 84 years and was born in 1659 in Perpignan, Occitanie, France and died in the year 1743 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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The sitter’s wig and his elegant costume—jewel, lace, and embroidered coat—suggest wealth but no particular rank in society. It has not been possible to identify him. The changeant colors of the coat are typical for the artist.

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