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Michel Dorigny (1616 – 20 February 1665) was a French painter and engraver.

Biography

Dorigny was born in Saint-Quentin. According to the

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he was a pupil of

Georges Lallemand Georges Lallemand (before 1575–1636) was a French artist. His name is sometimes given as "Lallemant". Life Lallemand was born in Nancy in around 1575. Nothing is known of his artistic education, but he is often assumed to have been a pupil of ...

and

Simon Vouet Simon Vouet (; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and m ...

.Michel Dorigny
in the

He trained at the

Académie de peinture et de sculpture An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

and became the teacher and father to the painters

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and Louis Dorigny. According to

Roger de Piles Roger de Piles (7 October 1635 – 5 April 1709) was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat. Life Born in Clamecy, Roger de Piles studied philosophy and theology, and devoted himself to painting. In 1662 he became tutor to Miche ...

he married Vouet's daughter, and was himself professor of the Academy when he died in Paris.

References

External links

Michel Dorigny
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