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Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
64.1 x 55.6 cm (25 1/4 x 21 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Tudor Gardiner
Accession Number50.188
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenancePossibly André Georges Mniszech (b. 1823 – d. 1905), Wisniowiec, Poland (today Vishnevets, Ukraine) and Paris; 1885, possibly by inheritance, through his wife, Anna Maria Barbara Luiza Potocka (b. 1828 – d. 1885), Wisniowiec, Poland and Paris, to his son, Count Léon Vandalin Mniszech (b. 1849 – d. 1901), Wisniowiec, Poland and Paris [see note 1]; April 9-11, 1902, posthumous Mniszech sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 73, to Charles Fairfax Murray (dealer; b. 1849 – d. 1919), London; April 16, 1902, sold by Murray to Thos. Agnew and Sons, London (stock no. 401); June 9, 1902, sold by Thos. Agnew and Sons to Washington Butcher Thomas (b. 1857 - d. 1929), Boston [see note 2]; by descent to his daughter, Margaret Thomas Gardiner (b. 1889 – d. 1981) and her husband, William Tudor Gardiner (b. 1892 – d. 1953), Boston; 1950, gift of Margaret Thomas Gardiner and William Tudor Gardiner to the MFA. (Accession date: February 9, 1950)
NOTES:
[1] Following the family’s move to Paris, André Georges Mniszech began purchasing art under his wife’s name, Anna Maria Barbara Luiza Potocka, as André Mniszech had accrued a large amount of debt. Since the Paris art collection legally was owned by Anna Potocka, her son Léon Vandalin Mniszech inherited the collection upon her death in 1885. André Georges Mniszech retained the part of his art collection he had acquired under his own name. See Tomasz F. de Rosset, “Obrazy z Wiśniowca w kolekcji Andrzeja Mniszcha,” Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici. Zabytkoznawstwo I Konserwatorstwo 25, no. 280 (1994): 146.
[2] Murray was a partner with Agnew and received half the profits from the sale.
NOTES:
[1] Following the family’s move to Paris, André Georges Mniszech began purchasing art under his wife’s name, Anna Maria Barbara Luiza Potocka, as André Mniszech had accrued a large amount of debt. Since the Paris art collection legally was owned by Anna Potocka, her son Léon Vandalin Mniszech inherited the collection upon her death in 1885. André Georges Mniszech retained the part of his art collection he had acquired under his own name. See Tomasz F. de Rosset, “Obrazy z Wiśniowca w kolekcji Andrzeja Mniszcha,” Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici. Zabytkoznawstwo I Konserwatorstwo 25, no. 280 (1994): 146.
[2] Murray was a partner with Agnew and received half the profits from the sale.