# Putti at Play

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/putti-at-play-rf131f9fb29d8eb>)

## Artwork

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

## Commentary

On the walls of the ballroom above the balcony windows, inside six elaborate faux-stucco cartouches, the artist has painted lively scenes of putti at play. Their graceful movements display their plump and fleshy forms.

## 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>)