Pierre Rabon

Pierre Rabon (18 October 1619 – 18 January 1684) was a French portrait painter, who was active during the reign of Louis XIV.

Early life Rabon was born in Le Havre. His reception piece was a portrait of Antoine de Ratabon, who at the time was both Superintendent of Buildings (Surintendant des Bâtiments) and the director of the Académie. His portrait of Ratabon was for a long time believed to have been lost, but in 1994, a painting in the collection of the Château de Versailles, which had previously been identified by Albert Laprade as a portrait of the architect Louis Le Vau, was proposed as more likely to be Rabon's portrait of Ratabon.

Rabon exhibited a portrait of a Monsieur Perier at the Paris Salon of 1673.

Personal life Pierre Rabon married Louise Gomboust on 29 October 1643. Their son, Nicolas Rabon (1644–1686), became a history painter. Pierre Rabon died in Paris.

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