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STUDIO OF HYACINTHE RIGAUD (PERPIGNAN 1659-1743 PARIS)
Lot 131

STUDIO OF HYACINTHE RIGAUD (PERPIGNAN 1659-1743 PARIS)

Portrait of Cardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Soubise (1674-1749), half-length, wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit

Closed14 October 2021

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STUDIO OF HYACINTHE RIGAUD (PERPIGNAN 1659-1743 PARIS)
Portrait of Cardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Soubise (1674-1749), half-length, wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit
oil on canvas
22 x 18 ¼ in. (56 x 46.4 cm.)

M. de Monbrison, France; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13 May 1904, lot 72, as Hyacinthe Rigaud.
Art market, France, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Soubise became bishop of Strasbourg in 1704 and rose to the Cardinalate in 1712. A year later he became the Grand Almoner of France and was made Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit. He is depicted here wearing the order’s badge, comprising a Maltese cross, fleurs-de-lis, and white dove. While there are many versions of this portrait, some that depict the sitter in half-length, the location of the prime composition in unknown.