# Wall fresco in the ballroom \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DORIGNY, Louis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Twelve personifications of the Arts and Sciences, among them the nine Muses, sit on imaginary stools along the cornice that circles the walls of the room. The picture shows the personification of Painting.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-r4b195c261f796b>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-r85d2a079ada5db>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-rb524caa327a08a>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-rfb6b7a43dc58b5>)
- [Bacchanal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-r43a944685d0d5a>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-r6db1dbfe7a395d>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-ra20960892f1b52>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-re0203a1a15a0b6>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ceiling-decoration-r7e1ae13780b20f>)
- [Ceiling of the grand staircase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ceiling-of-the-grand-staircase-rf088926aa61929>)
- [Corridor ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/corridor-ceiling-detail-raf809702732630>)
- [Deception and Avarice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/deception-and-avarice-r9cf8409e7e71e7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)