Name: Antique Master Print-ANTOINE-COYPEL-PORTRAIT-Masse-Coypel-c.1720-1740
SKU: PICTURA-12204
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Antique Master Print-ANTOINE-COYPEL-PORTRAIT-Masse-Coypel-c.1720-1740

€445.00

‘ANTOINE COYPEL / ECUYER, PREMIER PEINTRE DU ROY / ET DE S.A.R. MONSEIGNEUR LE DUC D?ORL?ANS R?GENT DU ROYME. / DIRECTEUR & RECTEUR DE L?ACAD?MIE R.LE / DE PEINTURE ET DE SCULPTURE? – ‘PEINT PAR LUY-M?ME?’

– Bust-length portrait of Antoine Coypel, seated, turned slightly to the viewer’s right, holding a large book. Framed by a trompe-l’oeil stone window. Coypel wears a voluminous cloak and long curled wig.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Oval with letters.

Sheet size: 28.7 x 39.6 cm (11.3 x 15.59 inch). Image size: 23.2 x 35.6 cm. (9.13 x 14.02 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANTOINE COYPEL, FRENCH PAINTER, ACADEMIE ROYALE, BAROQUE ART, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT, ENGRAVING | PCO-E15-2-8

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Based on a self-portrait by Coypel.

Reference: FP III 40.2 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery).

Biography engraver: Jean-Baptiste Masse (1687-1767) was a French engraver and designer, noted for his portraits and reproductions after works by prominent French artists of the 17th and 18th centuries. He held the title “Dessinateur du Cabinet du Roi.”.

Biography artist: Antoine Coypel (1661-1722) was Premier Painter to the King (Louis XV) and Director of the Acad?mie Royale. Known for ceiling paintings, portraits, and mythological works, he brought dramatic theatricality to French Baroque painting.