Count Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Sinzendorf
1728 | Hyacinthe Rigaud
Count Sinzendorf (1671–1742), a diplomat in imperial service and from 1705 court chancellor, had taken part in the Congress of Soissons in 1728, where negotiations were conducted on the future of the Ostend Company, the trading company of the Austrian Netherlands. At that time his portrait was painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud, the creator of the French court portrait at the time of King Louis XIV, who depicted Sinzendorf in the vestments of a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The majestic posture and the splendour of the fabrics enhance the importance of the portrait’s subject.
Count Sinzendorf (1671–1742), a diplomat in imperial service and from 1705 court chancellor, had taken part in the Congress of Soissons in 1728, where negotiations were conducted on the future of the Ostend Company, the trading company of the Austrian Netherlands. At that time his portrait was painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud, the creator of the French court portrait at the time of King Louis XIV, who depicted Sinzendorf in the vestments of a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The majestic posture and the splendour of the fabrics enhance the importance of the portrait’s subject.
Artist:
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659 Perpignan - 1743 Paris) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Graf Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Sinzendorf (1671 - 1742) DNB
Time:
1728
Object Name
Painting
Culture
French
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 166 cm × 131,5 cm
Framed (original frame): 194 cm × 158 cm
Framed (exhibition frame): 181,5 cm × 146 cm ×
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 9871
Provenance
dedicated in 1948 by Baroness Clarisse de Rothschildt in memory of Baron Alphonse de Rothschildt; restituted to the Rothschild family in 1999; donated by Bettina Looram Rothschild in 1999