Changes

[[Image:Rigaud.jpg|right|Self portrait]]

[[Image:Rigaud.jpg|right|Self portrait]]

'''Hyacinthe Rigaud''' (Perpignan, 1659 - Paris, 1743) was a French  [[Baroque]] Era [[painter]] and draftsman. ''Rigaud studied in Montpellier and Lyon before arriving in Paris in 1681. He won the Prix de Rome in 1682. '' He was elected to the ''Académie Royale'' as a history painter in 1700. <ref> [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=414&page=1 Hyacinthe Rigaud] </ref>

'''Hyacinthe Rigaud''' (Perpignan, 1659 - Paris, 1743) was a French  [[Baroque]] Era [[painter]] and draftsman. ''Rigaud studied in Montpellier and Lyon before arriving in Paris in 1681. He won the Prix de Rome in 1682. '' He was elected to the ''Académie Royale'' as a history painter in 1700.<ref>[http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=414&page=1 Hyacinthe Rigaud]</ref>

<blockquote>

<blockquote>

Rigaud was the leading portraitist at the court of Louis XIV during the latter half of his reign. <ref> [http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_e.jsp?mkey=9468 Hyacinthe Rigaud] </ref>

Rigaud was the leading portraitist at the court of Louis XIV during the latter half of his reign.<ref>[http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_e.jsp?mkey=9468 Hyacinthe Rigaud]</ref>

</blockquote>

</blockquote>