Luigi Valperga (fl. 1755–1819)

From Turin, Valperga was an engraver active in his native city, and from 1785, he also worked in Paris. In 1789 he was appointed engraver to the king of Sardinia and was granted a pension. His known works are mostly portraits, allegories and genre figures after paintings by other artists. The subject of his portraits are royalty, French celebrities, and other notable personages.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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