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Coypel

British  
/ kwapɛl /

noun

  1. Antoine. 1661–1722, French baroque painter, noted esp for his large biblical compositions

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Cervantes’s comic masterpiece, “Don Quixote,” inspired many artworks, most notably tapestries by Charles Coypel, Louis XV’s artist.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2015

Coypel created 28 tapestries woven at the Gobelins Manufactory in Paris.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2015

The name of the artist, Charles Coypel, must not be overlooked, for it was he who composed the celebrated suite of Don Quixote.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

Coypel, Charles, 12, 127, 128, 130, 132, 150.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

The portrait of Adrienne Lecouvreur was painted by several of the leading artists of her time: Charles Coypel, Fontaine, H. de Troy le p�re, Jean Baptiste Van Loo, and, it is believed, Nattier.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel