Hyacinthe Rigaud Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
3 works online by Rigaud
Kress Foundation Collection
(Look for the "Image" links for super high resolution scans)
A French Magistrate of Requests, 1702
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
Portrait of Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, 1740 (Zoom)
Hyacinthe Rigaud at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Louis XIV, 1701
Louvre Museum Database, Paris
6 paintings
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French)
Hyacinthe Rigaud at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Musee d'Art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand, France (mostly in French)
Autoportrait (Zoom)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
Drawings collection online
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Paintings collection online
National Gallery, London, UK
Antoine Pâris, 1724
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Hyacinthe Rigaud at the Prado Museum, Madrid
Louis XIV, 1701
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy (in Italian)
Ritratto di Germain-Louis de Chauvelin
N.B. The zoom-in feature ("Esplora il dipinto") only works with Internet Explorer
Château de Versailles, France
Château de Versailles, France
Portrait of Louis XIV
Château de Versailles, France
Portrait of Louis XV
Château de Versailles, France
Portrait of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1685
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Le Musée Ingres, Montauban, France (in French)
Click on the artist name, then on the artwork title to view the work
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York
Portrait of Charles Gaspard Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc, Archbishop of Paris
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France
Portrait de Germain Louis de Chauvelin, Garde des Sceaux, 1727
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Monsieur Le Bret and his son, Cardin Le Bret
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, 1698-99
Palazzo Rosso, Genoa, Italy (in Italian)
2 paintings online - Click the "right" arrow until you get to Sala 32. If the "zoom" version of the images does not come up, try this page instead.
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
Click "English" at the top right to switch the default language, then click "Search"
The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German)
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German)
Everhard III
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
Portrait of Charles-Auguste d'Allonville, Marquis de Louville, 1708
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Artarchiv Sample Artist Signatures
Scroll down to signature 417
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Hyacinthe Rigaud in the Art Renewal Center
Hyacinthe Rigaud at CGFA
Digital Images — Photography by Ron Reznick
Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai
Google Art Project NEW!
4 works online
Hyacinthe Rigaud at The Athenaeum 
3 works online by Rigaud
Hyacinthe Rigaud in the Web Gallery of Art
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
(a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
USC Annenberg School for Communication
Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
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Miscellaneous Sites:
The Age of Enlightenment in the Paintings of France's National Museums
The Presentation in the Temple
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Hyacinthe Rigaud 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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