Lot n° 42
Estimation :
6000 - 8000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 8 450EUR
Hyacinthe RIGAUD (Perpignan, 1659 - Paris, 1743) - Lot 42
Hyacinthe RIGAUD (Perpignan, 1659 - Paris, 1743)
Portrait of Jean Antoine II de Mesmes, Count of Avaux (1640-1709)
Oval canvas.
Old restorations.
81 x 65 cm
Without frame.
Councillor at the Parliament of Paris since 1661, Jean Antoine II de Mesmes became Master of Requests in 1667.
During his career, he was ambassador of France to several countries such as Italy in 1672, Holland in 1678-1689
Holland in 1678-1689, England in 1689-1690 and Sweden in 1693-1697). At the death of his brother in 1688, Jean
Antoine II de Mesmes received the office of provost and grand master of ceremonies of the king's orders.
Provenance: Crewkerne sale, Lawrences Auctioneers, 20 April 2012, n°1797.
Bibliography: Stephan Perreau, Ces gentilshommes de Rigaud, posted May 21, 2012, http://hyacintherigaud.
over-blog.com; Stephan Perreau, Hyacinthe Rigaud, catalog concis de l'oeuvre, 2013, n°PC.675, pl. XIX and
n°P.737; BIF, ms 624, fol. 17 v°, 20 and ms. 625, fol. 10 v°; Duc de Saint-Simon, Mémoires, ed. Coirault, 1983, t. VIII,
p. 1141; J. Roman, Le livre de Raison du peintre de Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1919, p. 79; DBF, 1948, t. IV, col. 837-841; Popoff, 1996, p. 724; Ariane James-Sarazin, 2003/4, cat. I, n°595 and 624 (reprise of Roman's proposal, with dates 1640-1709); Ariane James-Sarazin with the collaboration of Jean Yves Sarazin, catalog raisonné Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), T.II, 2016, P.725, p. 243.
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