Study for the Funeral of Pallas. Artist: Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1661-1722 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. (31.5 x 39.4 cm). Date: ca. 1716-17.Steeped in honors and titles, Antoine Coypel was a precocious talent from a family of successful painters. He was named first painter to the duc d'Orlans in 1688, director of the Acadmie Royale in 1714, and First Painter to the king in 1715. His most influential large scale project was undoubtedly the decoration of the Grande Galerie of the Palais Royal in Paris which had as its theme the story of Aeneas. Commissioned in 1701 by Philippe II, duc d'Orlans, the future Regent, the ceiling was completed by 1705, and seven large canvases depicting central moments of the Aeneid were added to the side walls between 1715-17. Many of the canvases are today in poor states of preservation, but the vigor and beauty of Coypel's decoration, which earned him so many accolades in his own day, can today be appreciated in th

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Study for the Funeral of Pallas. Artist: Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1661-1722 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. (31.5 x 39.4 cm). Date: ca. 1716-17.Steeped in honors and titles, Antoine Coypel was a precocious talent from a family of successful painters. He was named first painter to the duc d'Orlans in 1688, director of the Acadmie Royale in 1714, and First Painter to the king in 1715. His most influential large scale project was undoubtedly the decoration of the Grande Galerie of the Palais Royal in Paris which had as its theme the story of Aeneas. Commissioned in 1701 by Philippe II, duc d'Orlans, the future Regent, the ceiling was completed by 1705, and seven large canvases depicting central moments of the Aeneid were added to the side walls between 1715-17. Many of the canvases are today in poor states of preservation, but the vigor and beauty of Coypel's decoration, which earned him so many accolades in his own day, can today be appreciated in th

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