Noel Nicolas Coypel (1690-1734) French, Oil/Canvas
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Noel Nicolas Coypel (1690-1734) French, Oil on Canvas. Titled 'Lady Althorp...' on a label on the stretcher. The Althorp House has been The Spencer Family Stately Home since 1508. Princess Diana was a member of this aristocratic family and is buried there. ProvenanceL Mrs. Clinton Walker, Piedmont, CA. Mrs. Walker (Della Brooks Walker) had studied art at the Art Institute. Overall Size: 35 1/2 x 31 3/8 in. Sight Size: 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. Thickness: 4 in. #1446 . Noel Nicolas Coypel was a French Baroque Painter. His father, Noel Coypel, was a well-known artist, as was his half-brother, Antoine Coypel, who was almost thirty years his senior. He learned the basic elements of painting from them. After winning several awards from the Acad?mie Royale, he received their accreditation in 1716 and became a full member in 1720, when Antoine was the Rector there. His reception piece was a depiction of the god Neptune abducting the nymph Amymone. In 1727, King Louis XV announced a competition to promote history painting at the Acad?mie. Coypel submitted 'The Triumph of Amphitrite'. Although it failed to win a prize, it proved to have great popular appeal. Encouraged by this, he sought to make himself better known by offering to paint the Chapel of the Virgin at the 13th century Church of Saint-Sauveur, without remuneration. The ceiling was especially noted, for what was described as its 'unusual composition'.
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Noel Nicolas Coypel (1690-1734) French, Oil/Canvas
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