Carlo Vigarani ( – 17 February 1713)Sheren and La Gorce 2001. was an Italian

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who worked as ("royal engineer") and then ("

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to the King's pleasures") at the court of the French king

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until 1690. He was born in

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and went to

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with his father in 1659. He is best known for his design with his father and his brother Lodovico of the

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at the

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. He returned to Paris in 1662, became a French citizen in 1673, and probably died in Paris.

References

Bibliography

* Baricchi, Walter, editor; La Gorce, Jérôme de, editor (2009). ''Gaspare & Carlo Vigarani: Dalla corte degli Este a quella di Luigi XIV'', papers from a 2005 symposium held in Reggio Emilia, Modena, Sassuolo, and Versailles, in Italian, French, or English. Milan: Silvana Editoriale. . * La Gorce, Jérôme de (2005). ''Carlo Vigarani, intendant des plaisirs de Louis XIV''. Paris: Perrin. . * Sheren, Paul; La Gorce, Jérôme de (2001)
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in ''

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'', second edition, edited by

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. London: Macmillan. (hardcover). (eBook). * Tollini, Frederick Paul (2003). ''Scene Design at the Court of Louis XIV: The Work of the Vigarani Family and Jean Berain''. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Vigarani, Carlo 1637 births 1713 deaths Italian scenic designers Italian emigrants to France Artists from Modena French scenic designers