Ruggiero de Ruggieri (before 1540,

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- 1596/1597,

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) was an Italian-born painter associated with the

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Biography

Around 1540, he left Bologna to go to France. The first authenticated reference to him working with

Francesco Primaticcio Francesco Primaticcio (; April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerism, Mannerist Painting, painter, architect and sculpture, sculptor who spent most of his career in France. Biography Born in Bologna, he trained under Giulio Romano ( ...

was in 1551; in the King's office and the guard room at the

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. Sometime during 1550–560, he was employed to create decorations for the

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, in the Chamber of Arts and the "Galerie de Pharsale". He is known to have been in Avon on several occasions after 1557. Two years later, he became a permanent resident of Fontainebleau. He also worked in

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in 1562. In 1569, he made copies of several paintings by Primaticcio, from Fontainebleau's , for the chateau of

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. They have since become dispersed. He is also credited with the models for a tapestry of arabesque gods, commissioned for King Henri II. They have been preserved at the

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and the

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. Following Primaticcio's death in 1570, Ruggieri took over his functions as "Guard and Governor of the Great Garden of Fontainebleau" while became "Superintendent of Paintings". That same year, he married Marie Mulard, the daughter of Gilles Mulard,

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at the Parliament. From 1580 to 1581, he worked at the Hôtel de Soissons for

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, together with

Jacques Patin Jacques Patin (died 28 May 1587) was a French painter, decorator, illustrator and engraver.Benezit 2006, vol. 10, p. 992. Although the date and place of Patin's birth are unknown, he was part of a family of artists that included his father and br ...

. When Abbati died, c.1582, he was named to fill his position, thus taking over all of Primaticcio's former responsibilities at Fontainebleau. In the 1590s, together with

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, his son-in-law, he created a decorative tableau at the "Pavillon des Poêles", based on the theme of

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, which disappeared in 1703.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruggieri, Ruggiero de 1590s deaths Italian artists Italian emigrants to France Artists from Bologna Year of birth uncertain