The Judgment of Paris - Lodovico David (1690)

Ludovico Antonio David was born at

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

in 1648. After studying for some time at Milan, under the Cavaliere Cairo and

Ercole Procaccini Ercole Procaccini il Giovane (''the Younger'') (c. 6 August 1605 – 14 November 1675 or 2 March 1680) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born to a family of painters in Milan, he initially apprenticed with his father, painter Carlant ...

, he went to

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, where he entered the school of

Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (15 May 1628 – 8 September 1719) was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well ...

. He was a painter of some eminence, and gave proof of his ability in the churches and convents of Milan and of Venice. In the church of San Silvestro, in the latter city, is a picture of the Nativity, more resembling the finished style of

Camillo Camillo is an Italian masculine given name, descended from Latin Camillus. Its Slavic cognate is Kamil. People with the name include: *Camillo Agrippa, Italian Renaissance fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician *Camillo Almici (1714–17 ...

than that of Ercole Procaccini. He also painted the portraits of many of the distinguished persons of his time. Lodovico David died after 1709.

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* 1648 births Year of death unknown 17th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters People from Lugano {{Switzerland-painter-stub