Antoine Coypel (1661–1722)

• Was a French painter, pastellist, engraver, decorative designer and draughtsman.
• He became court painter first to the Duke of Orléans and later to the French king.
• He became director of the Académie Royale.
• He was raised to the nobility by the French king.
• He is known for his history paintings, biblical, mythological and allegorical works, portraits and genre scenes.
• Antoine Coypel was born in Paris.
• He was the son of the French painter Noël Coypel.
• He studied under his father, with whom he spent four years in Rome after his father had been appointed director of the French academy in 1672.
• He became acquainted with the contemporary artists Gianlorenzo Bernini and Carlo Maratta.
• He won a prize for drawing at the Accademia di San Luca, the association of artists in Rome.
• Coypel completed his training at the Académie Royale in Paris.
• In 1716 he was appointed king's painter.
• He was raised to the nobility the following year.
• His half-brother Noël-Nicolas and his son Charles-Antoine Coypel were also painters.
• The sculptor François Dumont was his brother-in-law.
• Coypel died in 1722, at 61 years of age.

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