Portrait of a Gentleman in Armour, Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 – Paris 1743) School of

Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 – Paris 1743) School of

Portrait of a gentleman in armour: Joseph Jean Raymond de Lasbordes, Officer of the 'Régiment des Landes' (infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France created in 1693), as well as Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis

Place and date of execution: Huningue (Alsace, France) 1723

oil painting on canvas
cm. 70 x 58 – In a valuable period frame cm. 91 x 77

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The painting, depicting a gentleman in armour, is attributed to an early eighteenth-century painter from the school of Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 – Paris 1743), one of the most significant portrait painters of his time and a great interpreter of the French school.

The portrait depicted, in particular, identified with the French gentleman and soldier Joseph Jean Raymond de Lasbordes, displays with ostentatious pride his military honour as a member and knight of the French Order of Saint-Louis, attested by the pin he wears on his chest.

The Order of Saint-Louis (full name: Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis) was a French military order of chivalry founded on 5 April 1693 by Louis XIV and named after Saint Louis (Louis IX). It was reserved as a reward for meritorious officers, and is notable for being the first decoration also admitted to non-nobles, and considered as the ancestor of the Legion of Honour.

This is a work of remarkable formal and aesthetic elegance. Note the meticulous rendering of the facial features, the sharpness of the contours underlined by the light and the expressive power of the eyes. The face is characterized by chiaroscuro passages that realistically reproduce the light and its effects, rendered with great mastery.

The image displays the typical characteristics of French celebratory portraiture, with a formula often used by Hyacinthe Rigaud and his atelier for portraits of members of the French aristocracy, presented in half-length profile.

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