JOHN FRANCIS RIGAUD, R. A. (TURIN 1742-1810 PACKINGTON HALL, NEAR COLESHILL, WARWICKSHIRE)
Portrait of the artist with his wife and children, in his studio
oil on canvas
29 3/4 x 25 in. (75.5 x 63.5 cm.)
JOHN FRANCIS RIGAUD, R. A. (TURIN 1742-1810 PACKINGTON HALL, NEAR COLESHILL, WARWICKSHIRE)
Portrait of the artist with his wife and children, in his studio
oil on canvas
29 3/4 x 25 in. (75.5 x 63.5 cm.)
Gifted by the artist to his sister circa 1782, and by descent to her grandson, Adrien Collomb, Geneva. Anonymous sale; American Art Association, New York, 3 November 1927, lot 30, as Attributed to Hyacinthe Rigaud. Anonymous sale; Applebrook Auctions & Estate Sales, New Milford, CT, 24 April 2014, lot 99, as Hyacinthe François Honoré Rigaud. Anonymous sale; Ader, Paris, 22 October 2015, lot 22. Anonymous sale; De Baecque & Associés, Paris, 21 September 2020, lot 33, as After John Francis Rigaud.
S.F.D. Rigaud and W. L. Pressly, 'Facts and recollections of the 19th century in a memoir of John Francis Rugaud, Esq. R.A.', The Volume of the Walpole Society, 1984, L, p. 68-69, fig 4. L. Taylor, 'A rediscovered Self-portrait by JF Rigaud (1742–1810): The art of family affection in 18th-century England', The British Art Journal, 2015, XVI, pp. 50-55.
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