84 - Hyacinthe RIGAUD (Perpignan, 1659 – Paris, 1743)

Hyacinthe RIGAUD (Perpignan, 1659 – Paris, 1743) Portrait of Jean de Catelan (1659–1725), Bishop of Valence, standing before a portrait of the Duke of Burgundy Oil on canvas (original canvas) Signed and dated “hyacinthe / Rigaud 1706” at the bottom left, at the foot of the armchair (Previous restorations) Unframed Portrait of Jean de Catelan (1659–1725), Bishop of Valence, standing before a portrait of the Duke of Burgundy, oil on canvas, signed and dated, by H. Rigaud 57.08 x 44.09 in. 145 x 112 cm Provenance: Collection of the subject, Jean de Catelan (1659–1725), from 1706 to 1725; Collection of his nephew, Jean-Marie de Catelan (1696–1771), Bishop of Rieux, from 1726 to 1771; Collection of Jean-Antoine de Catelan (1759–1834), Marquis de Caumont; The collection of his daughter, Thérèse-Geneviève Amable de Catelan, wife of Antoine-Louis-Raymond de Gramont (1787–1825), Count of Aster; Collection of their daughter, Thérèse de Gramont d’Aster (1815–1879), wife of Claude-Marie-Gustave (1812–1879), Marquis d’Advisard de Talairan; Collection of their son, Alfred-Amable d’Advisard (1836–1881); Collection of Louis Dadvisard (1875–1962); Collection of his daughter Marie-Alexandrine Dadvisard (1909–1989) and Count Bernard de Laubespin; Then passed down through the family; Private collection, Toulouse Bibliography: Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Institut, Hyacinthe Rigaud’s account books, ms. 624, fol. 24v–25v, and ms. 625, fol. 20, 21v, 22, and 24 Joseph Roman, *Le Livre de raison du peintre Hyacinthe Rigaud*, Paris, 1919, pp. 121, 125, 127–128, 135, 140–142, 290 Dictionnaire de biographie française, 1956, vol. VII, col. 1409 Ariane James-Sarazin, Hyacinthe Rigaud (2659–1743), doctoral dissertation, Paris, EPHE, 2003, Cat. I, No. 785 (based on Roman’s proposal, with the dates 1659–1725; location unknown) Joseph Bergin, *Crown, Church, and Episcopate under Louis XIV*, New Haven, London, 2004, p. 393 Pierre Sanchez, *Dictionary of Artists Exhibiting in the Salons of the 17th and 18th Centuries in Paris and the Provinces (1673–1800)*, Dijon, 2004, vol. 3, p. 1449 Stéphan Perreau, Hyacinthe Rigaud: A Concise Catalog of His Work, Sète, 2013, no. *PC.917 (location unknown) Ariane James-Sarazin, Hyacinthe Rigaud 1659–1743. Catalogue Raisonné, Dijon, 2016, p. 325, no. *P.955 (1706, knee-length, location unknown)