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CONDITION:
Clear and sharp with beautiful detail. As scanned.
Blank on the back. Heavier paper. This beautiful print would look great
matted and framed. Or an art supply store can provide you with a selection
of frames for old art treasures.
Noël Coypel (December 25, 1628 - December 24, 1707), French painter,
also called, from the fact that he was much influenced by Poussin, Coypel
le Poussin, was the son of an unsuccessful artist. Having been employed
by Charles Errard to paint some of the pictures required for the Louvre,
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. His sons Antoine and Nöel-Nicolas were also painters.
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