Noël-Nicolas Coypel

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Noël-Nicolas Coypel (17 November 1690,

Biography

His father,

In 1727, King Louis XV announced a competition to promote history painting at the Académie. Coypel submitted "The Triumph of Amphitrite". 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 Church of Saint-Sauveur [fr], without remuneration. The ceiling was especially noted, for what was described as its "unusual composition".^{[citation needed]} His works there were short-lived however, as a reconstruction project that began in 1787 was interrupted by the Revolution and ended with the church being demolished.

He also created a painting for the

In 1733. he was appointed to a professorship at the Académie. The following year, he died suddenly from an unspecified "domestic accident".^[citation needed]

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Coypel s.v. Noel Nicholas Coypel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 355.

Further reading

Primary sources

• OCLC 1038747111 – via the Internet Archive
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• Delaplanche, Jérôme (2004). Noël-Nicolas Coypel (1690-1734) (in French). Paris: Arthena.
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• Lomax, David (1982). "Noël-Nicolas Coypel (1690-1734)". Revue de l'Art (57): 29–48.
  ISBN 2-222-96342-7
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• Messelet, Jean (1928–1930). "Noël-Nicolas Coypel". In
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• ISBN 2-7000-3074-5
  – via the Internet Archive.
• Blumer, Marie-Louise (1961). "Coypel (Noël-Nicolas)". In Roman d'Amat, Jean-Charles; et al. (eds.). Dictionnaire de biographie française (in French). Vol. 9. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. cols. 1147–1149.
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• OCLC 1039527588
  – via the Internet Archive.
• Drapkin, Joshua (1996). "Noël-Nicolas Coypel". In Turner, Jane (ed.).
  OCLC 1033653438
  – via the Internet Archive.
• Guicharnaud, Hélène. "Coypel, Noël-Nicolas". In Kasten, Eberhard; et al. (eds.).
  OCLC 644411058
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