Late 17th Century Early 18th Century, 120 Cm, Wedding Of Ariadne And Bacchus The Island Of Naxos, Entourage Of Coypel

French School late 17th / early 18th Circle Circle of Antoine COYPEL, Unsigned
Subject: The wedding of Ariane and Bacchus on the island of Naxos, Abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos, Ariane, whose white sail on the horizon, receives the visit of Bacchus followed by his procession.
While above Ariadne, Hymen raises a torch; Bacchus, one hand on his heart, proposes marriage to her.
Technique: Oil on canvas - relined, in very good condition.
Dimensions: With frame 120 x 100 cm - without frame 100 x 80 cm
Frame in wood and stucco gilded with gold leaf from the period of the painting, in very good condition
Related works: Engraving by Antoine Coypel in collaboration with Gérard Audran preserved) the National Library of Paris. Identification of cultural property Inventory No. 901.10.6; 1699 (Register of entries (1865-1969)) Domain: print Title: Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne in Naxos Author: AUDRAN Gérard (attributed to, engraver) , COYPEL Antoine (after, painter) Period of creation: 4th quarter 17th century - Year of creation: 1693 Biography: Charles Antoine COYPEL 1661/1722 History painter and engraver, born in Paris on April 11, 1661, died in the same city on January 7, 1722. French School. Antoine Coypel and the most famous artist of this family of painters. Son of Noël Coypel, he followed his father, who was appointed director of the Academy of Rome in 1672. There he studied the great masters of the Renaissance and ancient statuary. He is strongly influenced by the Art of Baroque and Correggio. The predispositions he developed from childhood attracted the interest of Bernini, who gave him advice. A child prodigy, he was received into the Academy on his return to Paris in 1681 at the age of 20. Filled with honor and chosen by the return to fashion the commemorative medals of the great events of his reign, became painter of the Duke of Orleans, member of the Academy of inscriptions and Belles Lettres, very richly married, Antoine Coypel possessed all the qualities and defects inherent in the official court painter. In charge of the decorations of Meudon, then of those of the Royal Palace, in 1710 he was appointed director of Drawings and Paintings of the Cabinet of the King. In 1714n Director of the Academy, in 1715 First Painter to the King and in 1717 he obtained his letters of Nobility.
His work as a painter and engraver is considerable, as an aquafortist he worked mainly from his paintings. As a decorator he was influenced more by Correggio than by Le Brun. His painting is characterized by a flexibility of attitudes, harmonious models of bodies and a fresh luminosity that envelops the volumes. He paints many mythological subjects where nymphs and satyrs rub shoulders with complacency. Influenced by Rubens, to the point that around 1690/1692, one of his Democritus portraits has long been attributed to Rubens.
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