Hyacinthe Rigaud (Circle), Portrait Of A Member Of The Greder Family Oil As the early evening sun

As the early evening sun drifts over the horizon

Cooper’s best-known oil painting is a ‘View of the Barracks at Fredericton

over in France (particularly Paris)

Note also the 17th-century portrait above

It’s a painting that evokes the sights and sounds of a bustling city

Hyacinthe Rigaud (Circle), Portrait Of A Member Of The Greder Family Oil As the early evening sunThis fine late 17th century oil painting by an artist working in the circle of French painter Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659 1743) depicts a distinguished member of the Greder family of Solothurn, one of the most prominent dynasties in the Swiss Confederation during the age of Louis XIV. Attired in a full periwig and long white bands over a black robe, here we see a gentleman associated with civic, legal, or administrative office. It's a sober portrayal,