Preview
Buy Print
Send
Share
Download
Similars
X-Ray
DiaporamaTomb of René de Châlons
Ligier Richier (1500 – 1567)
Explore the haunting sculptures of Ligier Richier, renowned for his expressive 'Flayed' figures & evocative religious works from 16th-century France.
St. Étienne (Bar-le-Duc, France)
Discover Bar-le-Duc's St. Étienne Museum! Explore Lorraine history, art by Ligier Richier & the legacy of the Dukes of Bar within a historic church. France's heritage awaits!
"Parallel with the series of Baroque portraits Rigaud also produced others of a much more intimate and naturalistic type. This tendency is most clearly apparent in the famous double portrait of his mother, painted in 1695 for the marble bust which the artist commissioned from Coysevox. In this strikingly observed portrait there are echoes of Van Dyck and Champaigne, if only in the placing of the two heads on a single canvas; but the real source is a different and a new one. The whole conception of the portrait, the attention with which the wrinkles of the skin are painted, the meticulous handling of the cap, and the dry painting of the white bodice, all combine to prove that Rigaud was here taking as his model Rembrandt's early portraits of his mother. We know that he admired Rembrandt, since the inventory of his pictures, taken at the time of his wedding in 1703, includes seven paintings by the master and two copies by Rigaud after him. In the eighteenth century the art of Rembrandt was to have a wide success in France, but Rigaud was the first French artist since Vignon to study his works, and the first without exception to find in him an inspiration towards naturalism and psychological subtlety."
About this artwork
- Title: Tomb of René de Châlons
- Artist: Ligier Richier
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: St. Étienne
- Main color: Phthalo Green
- Keywords: 16th century sculpture , renaissance art style , human anatomy study
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow
- Topics: skeletal figure , religious symbolism” , memento mori
QR Code
