Louis or Lewis Goupy ( – 2 December 1747) was a French painter, portraitist and miniaturist, who studied under

Bernard Lens Bernard Lens may refer to one of three British artists: * Bernard Lens I (1630–1707), probably from the Netherlands, also the writer of several religious tracts *Bernard Lens II (1659–1725), son of the former, mezzotint engraver * Bernard Lens I ...

and was active in London by 1710 alongside his brother Charles Goupy. From 1710 to 1733 he lived in King Street,

Covent Garden Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist sit ...

. He subscribed in 1711 to the Great Queen Street Academy begun under Sir

Godfrey Kneller Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a German-born British painter. The leading Portrait painting, portraitist in England during the late Stuart period, Stuart and early Georgian eras ...

, but seceded from it in 1720 to the

St Martin's Lane Academy The St Martin's Lane Academy, a precursor of the Royal Academy, was organised in 1735 by William Hogarth, from the circle of artists and designers who gathered at Slaughter's Coffee House at the upper end of St Martin's Lane, London. The artist ...

begun by

Louis Chéron Louis Chéron (; 2 September 1660 – 26 May 1725) was a French painter, illustrator and art tutor. Life Chéron was born in Paris, into a French Protestant family of artists (his father being the miniaturist and engraver Henri Chéron and his ...

and

John Vanderbank John Vanderbank (9 September 1694 – 23 December 1739) was an English painter who enjoyed a high reputation during the last decade of George I of Great Britain, George I's reign and remained in high fashion in the first decade of George II ...

. One of his patrons was

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork (25 April 1694 – 4 December 1753) was a British architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Ear ...

, who on the return leg of his Grand Tour from Italy in 1715 was accompanied by Goupy.

James Lees-Milne (George) James Henry Lees-Milne (6 August 1908 – 28 December 1997) was an English writer and expert on country houses, who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He was an architectural historian, novelist and biographer. His extens ...

, ''The Earls of Creation'', 1962:89, 93. His students included his nephew Joseph Goupy. Goupy died in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

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