Nicolas Dorigny
Sir Nicolas Dorigny was a French engraving, engraver, the youngest son of Michel Dorigny, and was born in Paris in 1652 or 1658.Grove His education prepared him for the legal field, and he followed that profession until he was thirty years of age, when, as a result of deafness, he turned to the arts. He died in 1746. Career Dorigny visited Italy, where he remained for twenty-eight years. His first plates were executed with the drypoint, point. He is better known, however, for his technique unifying the point and the Burin (engraving), graver, characteristic of his later productions. He took for his model the admirable works of Gérard Audran. Although he may not have equalled that celebrated artist, either in the style of his drawing, or in the picturesque effect of his light and shade, his prints will always be esteemed both for their merit as engravings and for the importance of the subjects which he chose. In 1711, he was invited to England by Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Qu ...
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