The artist was born in Prague, the son of an artist. No particulars of his stay in Cornwall are known at present, but a correspondent (2014) has found two paintings by Ludovici listed in the catalogue of :City of London Society of Artist and Guildhall Academy of Art, Fourth exhibition at the Guildhall Galleries 20 May – 31 August 1884 417 A bit of the Old Town , St Ives £21174 J. Ludovici Jr [sic] Sale of Fish on the St Ives [beach] £200 – so, a big painting!