Sujet
Head of a Young Man, 1715-1717. Creator: Antoine Coypel (French, 1661-1722).
Légende
Head of a Young Man, 1715-1717. 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 colourist 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.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F85_192
Model release
NA
Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
67,4Mo (6,7Mo) / 35,8cm x 47,2cm / 4229 x 5573 (300dpi)