Lot Essay
Coypel was a member of a famous family of court painters. He collaborated with Lemoyne in 1732 on the decor of the Church of Saint Sauveur in Paris.
Sold by Order of the Trustees of the
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
to benefit its Acquisitions Program
A TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT BUST OF NOËL-NICOLAS COYPEL, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN BAPTISTE LEMOYNE, FRENCH, 20TH CENTURY, bears inscriptions 'J. B. Lemoyne fecit' and 'Coypel peintre du Roy'--24½in. high
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A TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT BUST OF NOËL-NICOLAS COYPEL, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN BAPTISTE LEMOYNE, FRENCH, 20TH CENTURY, bears inscriptions 'J. B. Lemoyne fecit' and 'Coypel peintre du Roy'--24½in. high
Provenance
French Art Market Bernard Black Gallery, New York Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, purchased May 1, 1969 Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Literature
Abram Lerner, ed., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, New York, 1974, p. 712, ill. 9
Exhibited
Bernard Black Gallery, N.Y. Recent Acquisitions, April 1969, no. 5 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Inaugural Exhibition, October 1, 1974 - September 15, 1975