Portrait Of A Gentleman In Armour, Hyacinthe Rigaud (perpignan 1659 - 1743)

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 on canvas 70 x 58 cm - In a fine period frame 91 x 77 cm  

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The painting, depicting a gentleman in armour, is attributed to an early 18th-century painter from the school of Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 - Paris 1743), one of the most significant portraitists of his time and a great exponent of the French school.  

The portrait, identified as the French gentleman and military officer Joseph Jean Raymond de Lasbordes, displays with ostentatious pride his military honour as a member and knight of the French Order of Saint Louis, as evidenced 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 founded on 5 April 1693 by Louis XIV and named after Saint Louis (Louis IX). It was reserved as a reward for deserving officers and is known for being the first decoration also awarded to non-nobles and considered the ancestor of the Legion of Honour.  

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

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

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