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(b Tours, 19 May 1593; d Paris, 10 May 1670). French painter, active chiefly in Paris. His highly eclectic style was formed mainly in Italy, where he worked c.1616–c.1622, and his openness to very diverse influences was later fuelled by his activities as a picture dealer. Paradoxically, in view of his varied sources of inspiration, his style is the most distinctive of any French painter of his generation—highly coloured and often bizarrely expressive. Elsheimer and the Caravaggisti were strong influences on his handling of light, and his richly encrusted brushwork has striking affinities with Rembrandt, whose work Vignon is known to have sold. There are examples of his paintings in the Louvre; he also produced etchings and book illustrations.

Text source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)


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