DORIGNY, Louis
(b. 1654, Paris, d. 1742, Verona)

Wall fresco in the ballroom (detail)

1695-98
Fresco
Palazzo Zenobio, Venice

In this detail an ironic note is struck in the depiction of a dwarf with a satisfied air, straddling a faux window to the side of the orchestra balcony, being caught in the act of smoking a long pipe.