Portrait of Philippe Coypel and His Wife
Medium
Pastel on blue laid paper, pieced, laid down on canvas, and stretched on a wood stretcher
Dimensions
90.5 × 73 cm (35 11/16 × 28 3/4 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
180545
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Charles-Antoine Coypel served as First Painter to the King and was also a professor at, and eventually Director of, the French Academy. Part of a powerful artistic dynasty, he was a significant collector, an aesthetic theorist, playwright, and poet, and an amateur actor. Although many of his most important paintings have been lost, this unusual double portrait pastel probably commemorates the tenth anniversary of the artist's beloved brother, Philippe Coypel ( 1703-1777) and his wife Marie-Cathe...
About the Artist
Charles-Antoine Coypel · 1694–1752
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