Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754)

Jacques Rigaud

Jacques Rigaud was a French painter and printmaker of the Old Master period.

Rigaud painted many views of magnificent French royal palaces, castles, ornamental gardens and parks, animated by strolling dressed-up people. These include the palaces at Paris, Versailles, Fontainebleau, Chantilly, Marly, Saint-Cloud, Chambord, Anet, Blois, Monceau, Clagny, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Vincennes, and Amboise. He also created series of views of Paris with sweeping panoramas that simultaneously depict the majestic Notre Dame Cathedral, working life on the banks of the Seine, horses with cargo, and wealthy gentlemen.