Gaspard Dughet

Dughet was born in Rome, the son of a French pastry-cook and his Italian wife. He has always generally been considered as a French painter, although in fact he never visited France. He specialised in painting landscapes of the Roman Campagna There is another fresco cycle by Dughet, though in a bad state of preservation, in San Martino ai Monti. Dughet died in Rome on 25 May 1675. ==Influence==

During the 18th century Dughet's work became especially popular amongst British collectors, to such an extent that his name became attached to almost any classical landscape, and his style proved influential on British landscape painting and garden design. His Sacrifice of Abraham, once the property of the Colonna family, is now, with other of his works, in the National Gallery, London. Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable were inspired by Dughet and recommended him as a model. His pupils included Crescenzio Onofri (1634–1712/14), Jacques de Rooster (fl. late 17th century) and Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662–1749). ==References==