About Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, Comte de Vaudreuil
Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, comte de Vaudreuil (2 March 1740 – 17 January 1817) was a French nobleman at the court of King Louis XVI of France.
He was the alleged lover of Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, the favourite of Marie Antoinette and over whom he exerted a powerful influence.
He was a connoisseur and collector of art, and a patron of artist Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun who painted two known portraits of him in 1784.