Noël-Nicolas Coypel (; 17 November 1690,

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– 14 December 1734, Paris) was a French

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painter.

Biography

His father,

Noël Coypel Noël Coypel (; 25 December 1628 – 24 December 1707) was a French Painting, painter, and was also called Coypel le Poussin, because he was heavily influenced by Poussin. Biography His father, Guyon Coypel, was an unsuccessful artist, original ...

, was a well-known artist, as was his half-brother,

Antoine Coypel Antoine Coypel (; 11 April 16617 January 1722) was a French painter, pastellist, engraver, decorative designer and draughtsman.Académie Royale An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the g ...

, 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

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abducting the nymph

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. In 1727, King

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announced a competition to promote history painting at the Académie. Coypel submitted "The Triumph of

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". 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 , without remuneration. The ceiling was especially noted, for what was described as its "unusual composition". His works there were short-lived however, as a reconstruction project that began in 1787 was interrupted by the

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and ended with the church being demolished. He also created a painting for the

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at the

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, representing Saint

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crossing the sea with his companions. Shortly after, he executed two paintings in the secret chapel of the Sorbonne; a Saint

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and a Saint

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. King Louis owned a copy of his "Glory of the Angels", displayed at

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, and a Nativity scene in the Queen's private oratory In 1733. he was appointed to a professorship at the Académie. The following year, he died suddenly from an unspecified "domestic accident".

Gallery

File:Portrait of Madame de Bourbon-Conti as Venus, by Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French, 1731, oil on canvas - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00792.jpg, Portrait of Madame de Conti as Venus, 1h731 File:Noël-Nicolas Coypel Europe.jpg, The Abduction of

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, 1727 File:The Judgement of Paris, 1728, by Noël-Nicolas Coypel. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.jpg, The Judgement of Paris, 1728 File:Coypel Départ de la chasse.jpg, The Departure of the Hunt, 1725

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