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Charles-Antoine Coypel 18th Century, Oil on Canvas Painting
French School Venus Bringing Armor to Aeneas Oil on canvas. Signed "Coypel" on an old label and strongly attributed to Charles-Antoine Coypel. Charles-Antoine Coypel (11 July 1694 – 14 June 1752) was a French painter, art commentator, and playwright. He lived in Paris. He was the son of the artist Antoine Coypel and grandson of Noël Coypel. Charles-Antoine inherited his father’s design and painting duties as premier peintre du roi (First Painter to the King) at the French court when his father died in 1722.
He became "premier peintre du roi" and director of the Académie Royale in 1747. He received a number of commissions for paintings for the Palais de Versailles, and worked for Madame de Pompadour, the king’s mistress.
Size:
Art: 23.6 x 28.8 in. (59.9 x 73.2 cm.)
Frame: 29.6 x 34.7 in. (75.2 x 88.1 cm.)
Condition: good
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