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Hyacinthe Rigaud

1659 - 1743

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Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒəˈsin riˈɣaw ˈrɔz i ˈsɛrə]; 18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743), known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud (pronounced [jasɛ̃t ʁiɡo]), was a Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hyacinthe Rigaud has received more than 378,007 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Hyacinthe Rigaud is the 109th most popular painter, the 323rd most popular biography from France and the 32nd most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hyacinthe Rigaud ranks 109 out of 2,023. Before him are Bronzino, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Vittore Carpaccio, Matthias Grünewald, Claude Lorrain, and Guido Reni. After him are Georges de La Tour, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Ivan Aivazovsky, Annibale Carracci, Simone Martini, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1659, Hyacinthe Rigaud ranks 2. Before him is Henry Purcell. After him are Jacob Roggeveen, Henry Every, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Georg Ernst Stahl, Pieter van der Aa, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Adriaen van der Werff, and Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hyacinthe Rigaud ranks 323 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Gabin (1904), Alphonse Daudet (1840), Diane de Poitiers (1499), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), and Raynald of Châtillon (1123). After him are Georges de La Tour (1593), Paul Valéry (1871), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Anne of Brittany (1477), Josquin des Prez (1450), and Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Hyacinthe Rigaud ranks 32. Before him are Honoré Daumier (1808), Francis Picabia (1879), Paul Signac (1863), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), and Claude Lorrain (1600). After him are Georges de La Tour (1593), Gustave Moreau (1826), Jean Fouquet (1420), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Fernand Léger (1881), and Jean Dubuffet (1901).

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