Portrait of Cardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Soubise (1674-1749), half-length, wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit

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STUDIO OF HYACINTHE RIGAUD (PERPIGNAN 1659-1743 PARIS)
Portrait of Cardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Soubise (1674-1749), half-length, wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit
oil on canvas
22 x 18 ¼ in. (56 x 46.4 cm.)

Provenance

M. de Monbrison, France; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13 May 1904, lot 72, as Hyacinthe Rigaud.
Art market, France, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

S. Perreau, Hyacinthe Rigaud: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre, published online, 2016, no. P.1066.6.

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This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Soubise became bishop of Strasbourg in 1704 and rose to the Cardinalate in 1712. A year later he became the Grand Almoner of France and was made Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit. He is depicted here wearing the order’s badge, comprising a Maltese cross, fleurs-de-lis, and white dove. While there are many versions of this portrait, some that depict the sitter in half-length, the location of the prime composition in unknown.

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