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Lot 79 | Antoine Coypel French, 1661-1722 The Judgment of Solomon Oil on canvas 45 x 57 inches (114.3 x 144.8 cm) Unf...
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Antoine Coypel
French, 1661-1722
The Judgment of Solomon
Oil on canvas
45 x 57 inches (114.3 x 144.8 cm)
Unframed
Provenance:
Private collection, Philadelphia
By inheritance to the present owner
This work is a version of the Judgment of Solomon that Coypel exhibited at the Salon in 1699 and which later provided the composition for a tapestry by the Gobelins factory (1717-1720). Coypel's estate inventory shows that he kept smaller replicas of his important paintings in his studio so that copies could be made of them. One interesting feature of this version is the face of the young man looking out at the viewer on the right, which appears to be a portrait of the artist's son, Charles-Antione Coypel (1694-1752).
We are grateful to Mme. Nicole Garnier, conservateur generale du Patrimoine chargee du musee Conde, for confirming the attribution of this work and for her kind assistance in cataloguing it. We also wish to thank Gui Rochat for identifying the composition.
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Auction Title
Important English & Continental Furniture / Old Master Paintings
Auction Date
26 January 2011
Location
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New York, NY
USA
10128
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