Portrait of Gédéon Berbier du Mets. 1700–1702.

After the original by H. Rigaud. 1698.
Engraving. 400 x 295.
III state of three.
At the bottom of the image, on the left: Hyachinte Rigault pinxit; on the right: Edelinck Eques Romanus sculp C.P.R.; in the center: Gedeon Berbier du Metz. Con.^er du Roy en ses Con.^ils President en sa Chambre des Comptes.
Inv. G 352.
Literature: Le Blanc, t. 2, p. 189, No. 266; Robert-Dumesnil, t. 7, p. 252-253, No. 190; Firmin-Didot, t. 1, p.221-222, No. 644 Inventaire BNF XVIIIe s., t. 4, p. 48, No. 191; Catalog raisonné des oeuvres de Hyacinthe Rigaud. – Access mode: http://www.hyacinthe-rigaud.com/catalogue-raisonne-hyacinthe-rigaud/gravures/677-berbier-du-metz-gedeon.

Rigaud, Hyacinthe (1659, Perpignan, France – 1743, Paris) – French artist of Catalan origin, the most prominent portraitist of the era of Louis XIV.

Mets, Gédéon Berbier du (1626–1709) – the first general quartermaster-controller of the Royal Storehouse of Furniture, president of the Chamber of Accounts.