Nicolas Perignon
Born	1726
Died	4 January 1782  (aged 55–56)
Occupation	Painter, engraver

Nicolas Perignon^[1] or Pérignon,^[2] also known as Alexis-Nicolas Perignon, the Elder^[3] (1726 – 4 January 1782^[4]), was a French painter, draughtsman, and engraver. He specialized in portraits, rustic scenes, landscapes, and seascapes.^[3][5]

Perignon was born in Nancy and died in Paris. He travelled to Italy and Switzerland, creating numerous drawings, which he later reproduced as engravings.^[3] Perignon was made a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1774^[6] and exhibited mostly gouaches of country scenes at the Paris Salons of 1775, 1779, and 1781.^[3] According to Benezit, "his work is sought after."^[3]

Gallery

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  Rustic Landscape, etching at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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  View of Aarburg, Switzerland
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  View of Amsterdam
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  View of the Hôtel de Valentinois in Passy from the garden
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  View of the garden facade of the former Château de Chanteloup in Amboise

Notes

Bibliography

• Baur, J. (1990). Procès-verbaux de l'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, 1648-1793, Volume 9 (1780–1788). Paris: Charavay frères. Copy at Google Books.
• Benezit Dictionary of Artists (2006), vol. 10, pp. 1171–1172 ("Perignon, Alexis Nicolas, the Elder"). Paris: Gründ. ISBN 9782700030709.
• Montaiglon, Anatole de (1888). Procès-verbaux de l'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, 1648-1793, Volume 8 (1769–1779). Paris: Charavay frères. Copy at Google Books.
• Witt Library (2014). ("PERIGNON, Nicolas") in A Checklist of Painters c1200-1976 represented in the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, second edition, p. 396. New York: Routledge. OCLC 950514642.