The Swiss Battle Over a Work by 18th-Century Artist Hyacinthe Rigaud

Result CHF590,000

Published on 23 May 2022, by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker

Auction on 04 May 2022 - 12:00 (CEST) - 38, rue de Monthoux - 1201 Genève

There was a surprise in Switzerland, admirers of the painter of Louis XIV, Hyacinthe Rigaud. It was a record for Rigaud in Switzerland thanks to a well-known figure in Geneva.

Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) and workshop, Portrait de Monsieur Jean-Antoine Lullin... The Swiss Battle Over a Work by 18th-Century Artist Hyacinthe Rigaud

Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) and workshop, Portrait de Monsieur Jean-Antoine Lullin (1666-1709), 1705, oil on canvas, Louis XIV period frame, 81 x 64 cm/32 x 25 in.
Result: CHF 590,000

A wealthy Genevan, in his time, offered the auction house Genève Enchères a national record for a bust portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743). The work featuring Jean-Antoine Lullin, described in the catalogue raisonné by Ariane James-Sarazin as a work made with the assistance…

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