Noël Coypel (; 25 December 1628 – 24 December 1707) was a French
painter
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, and was also called Coypel le Poussin, because he was heavily influenced by
Poussin
Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for ...
.
Coypel was born in
Paris
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, the son of an unsuccessful artist. Having been employed by
Charles Errard to paint some of the pictures required for the
Louvre
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, and having afterwards gained considerable fame by other pictures produced at the command of the king, in 1672 he was appointed director of the
French Academy at Rome. After four years he returned to France; and not long after he became director of the Academy of Painting. ''The Martyrdom of St James'' in
Nôtre Dame is perhaps his finest work.
Coypel was a pupil of
Noël Quillerier.
Noël died in Paris at age 78, one day before his 79th birthday. His sons
Antoine
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin '' Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin.
The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guia ...
and
Noël-Nicolas were also painters.
Gallery
File:Noël Coypel - The Apotheosis of Hercules.jpg, ''The Apotheosis of Hercules'' (1700)
File:Hercule et Déjanire, Noël Coypel. Musée de Versailles..jpg, ''Hercules and Deianira''
File:Noël Coypel, Story of Hercules - Juno and Hercules, 1699.jpg, ''Juno and Hercules'' (1688)
File:Noël Coypel - Sacrifice to Jupiter.jpg, ''Sacrifice to Jupiter''
File:Noël Coypel - Equity, 1667-1668.jpg, ''Equity'' (c. 1667)
File:Noël Coypel - Apollo Crowned by Victory, 1667-1668.jpg, ''Apollo Crowned by Victory'' (c. 1667)
File:Noël Coypel - Story of Apollo-Apollo and Mercury, 1688.jpg, ''Apollo and Mercury'' (1688)
File:Nero Ordering the Murder of his Mother by N. Coypel (Grenoble).jpg, ''Nero Ordering the Murder of his Mother''
File:Noël Coypel - Christ on the Cross.jpg, ''Christ on the Cross''
File:Noël Coypel - Resurrection of Christ (large version).jpg, ''Resurrection of Christ'' (c. 1700)
References
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External links
Noël Coypel in the Louvre
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1628 births
1707 deaths
17th-century French painters
French male painters
18th-century French painters
18th-century French male artists