Charles-Antoine Coypel | |
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 Self-portrait (1734) | |
| Born | 11 July 1694 |
| Died | June 14, 1752 (aged 57) Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Education | Antoine Coypel |
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| Relatives | Noël Coypel (grandfather), Noël-Nicolas Coypel (half-uncle), Philippe Coypel (brother) |
| Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture | |
| In office 1747–1752 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Jacques Cazes |
| Succeeded by | Louis de Silvestre |
Charles-Antoine Coypel (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ɑ̃twan kwapɛl]; 11 July 1694 – 14 June 1752) was a French painter, art critic, and playwright. He became court painter to the French king and director of the Académie Royale. He inherited the title of Garde des tableaux et dessins du roi (Keeper of the paintings and drawings of the king), a function which combined the role of director and curator of the king's art collection. He was mainly active in Paris.[1]
- ^ Craske, Matthew, 1997, Art in Europe 1700-1830: A History of the Visual Arts in an Era of Unprecedented Urban Economic Growth, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-284206-4, p. 145.