Guillaume Voiriot

Place: Paris

Born: 1713

Death: 1799

Biography:

Guillaume Voiriot (20 November 1712 – 9 December 1799 ) was a French portrait painter. Voiriot was born in Paris into a family originally from Lorraine his father was a sculptor. He travelled to Italy at his own expense from 1746 to 1749, studying at the French Academy in Rome. On his return he initially joined the Académie de Saint-Luc as a pastel...