
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743)French · 1690s–1730sPainted here in this style, never copied from their pictures
French 1659–1743
Hyacinthe Rigaud
Velvet, ermine and a column: state portraiture.
Gone 283 years, so the style is everyone’s: the light, the ground, the palette, the stroke. The picture is yours.
Default palette: Florentine
What shall we paint?The line above becomes the first.



