Ludovico Dorigny (1654 – 17 October 1742) was a French

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and engraver. Trained in his native country, he spent most of his life and career in

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, Italy.

Life and career

Born Louis Dorigny into a family of Parisian artists, Dorigny was the grandson of painter

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and the son of engraver

Michel Dorigny Michel Dorigny (1616 – 20 February 1665) was a French painter and engraver. Biography Dorigny was born in Saint-Quentin. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History he was a pupil of Georges Lallemand and Simon Vouet.

. As a boy he apprenticed with the painter

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and in his teens was commissioned to create works for

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and

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. He adopted the italianized version of his name, Ludovico, during his early years in Italy and it is by that name that he is chiefly known. In 1671, at the age of 17, Dorigny came to Italy to study the Italian masters. He traveled back and forth between France and Italy over the next seven years, ultimately settling in

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in 1678. He spent the next decade in that city where his works were in high demand by the nobility. In that city he also contributed works to the

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, painted the ceiling of the San Silvestro, and contributed decorations to the Palazzo Museli. In 1688 Dorigny moved to Verona, where he remained until his death 54 years later. He visited his family in Paris in 1704 and in 1711 traveled to Vienna, where he decorated the Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy. He also contributed works to the

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and the

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. He died at Venice in 1742. Interior of Chiesa dei Gesuiti (Venice) - Ceiling of transept.jpg, Ceiling of

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'' in

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References

1654 births 1742 deaths Painters from Paris 17th-century French painters French male painters Trompe-l'œil artists 18th-century French painters 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub