Charles Dauphin
Charles Emmanuel II Duke of Savoy and his family
Charles Claude Dauphin or Dofin, called in Italian Delfino (1615/1620 – 1677), a French painter of historical subjects and portraits, was the son of Olivier Dauphin.
Biography
He was born in Nancy, Lorraine. By about 1640, he had joined in Paris the studio of Simon Vouet. There he works alongside F. Tortebat and M. Dorigny. In 1647, he married in Paris. When Vouet died in 1649, his studio dispersed.[1] Dauphin went to Turin about the year 1652, and worked there for the Prince of Carignano. He was also employed in local churches. In the church of San Carlo is an altar-piece by him, described by Lanzi as a most ludicrous composition. He died in 1677 in Turin.
References
This article incorporates text from the article "DAUPHIN, Charles Claude" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.
Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 33 (1987) by Jacques ThuillierDizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 33 (1987) by Jacques Thuillier.
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