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The most important French painter of his generation, Antoine Coypel worked during the period of transition from the monarchy of Louis XIV (reigned 1643-1715) through the Regency (1715-1723) and the ascendance of Louis XV (reigned 1715-1774). A beautiful colorist also steeped in the academic tradition of drawing, Coypel used red, black, and white chalk together on this sheet to achieve tonal range. The drawing is connected to Coypel's greatest achievement: the series of large painted decorations for the Gallery of Aeneas in the Palais Royal in Paris. This study of facial expression shows one of the mourners attending the funeral of Pallas, a scene from Virgil's (70-19 bc) Aeneid. Though this painting still exists in the collection of the Louvre Museum, it is in a ruined state. Most of the paintings for the Gallery of Aeneas did not survive at all, but there are numerous drawings for the project.
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166620
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Head of a Young Man
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166620
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drawing
title
Head of a Young Man
description
The most important French painter of his generation, Antoine Coypel worked during the period of transition from the monarchy of Louis XIV (reigned 1643-1715) through the Regency (1715-1723) and the ascendance of Louis XV (reigned 1715-1774). A beautiful colorist also steeped in the academic tradition of drawing, Coypel used red, black, and white chalk together on this sheet to achieve tonal range. The drawing is connected to Coypel's greatest achievement: the series of large painted decorations for the Gallery of Aeneas in the Palais Royal in Paris. This study of facial expression shows one of the mourners attending the funeral of Pallas, a scene from Virgil's (70-19 bc) Aeneid. Though this painting still exists in the collection of the Louvre Museum, it is in a ruined state. Most of the paintings for the Gallery of Aeneas did not survive at all, but there are numerous drawings for the project.
date
1715–1717
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79997117
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38850
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 25.1 x 18.9 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
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France, 18th century
accession
2008.342
Source extras
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red, black, and white chalk with stumping
tombstone
Head of a Young Man, 1715–1717. Antoine Coypel (French, 1661–1722). Red, black, and white chalk with stumping ; sheet: 25.1 x 18.9 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.342
supportMaterials
description
gray-brown laid paper, laid down on beige laid paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
Mount inscribed "Barocci" in graphite
citations
citation
Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Referenced: cat. no. 5, p. 20-21, Reproduced: p. 21
citation
Coypel, Antoine, Hélène Jagot, Jessica Degain, and Guillaume Kazerouni. Le théâtre de Troie: Antoine Coypel, d'Homère à Virgile. Tours : Musée des beaux-arts ; Paris : LienArt, 2021.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 106, fig 45.
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Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:36:15.971000
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166620
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Drawings
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DR - French
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red, black, and white chalk with stumping
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male
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photo
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