The Triumph of Galatea

Details

Nöel-Nicolas Coypel* (1690-1734)
The Triumph of Galatea
oil on canvas
38¼ x 49in. (97.2 x 124.5cm.)

Provenance

Count de Morville.
Marquis de Boulainvilliers, Château de Passy.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, June 13, 1982, lot 69.

Literature

D. d'Argenville, Abrégé de la vie des plus fameux peintres, IV, 1762, pp. 442-3.
C. Blanc, Histoire des Peintres de toutes les écoles, 1862, II, pp. 2-3.
French Art from Watteau to Prud'hon, ed. by J.J. Foster, 1906, II, p. 48.

Exhibited

Paris, Palais du Louvre, Gallerie d'Apollon, May-June, 1727.

Lot Essay

The 1727 exhibition, (see note to lot 81) which took the form of a competition was won by Jean-François de Troy and François Lemoine. Count de Morville purchased the present lot immediately after the exhibition for 1500 livres.