Charles Coypel

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Charles Coypel was an 18th-century French painter, tapestry designer, and playwright, known for his influential role at the French court and his celebrated designs for the Gobelins Manufactory.

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instanceOf French Baroque painter
human
painter
playwright
tapestry designer
activeYearsEnd 1752
activeYearsStart 1710
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1694-07-11
dateOfDeath 1752-06-14
employer French royal court
Manufacture des Gobelins
surface form: Gobelins Manufactory
familyName Coypel
father Antoine Coypel
fieldOfWork history painting
portrait painting
tapestry design
theatre
genre dramatic works
theatrical comedy
givenName Charles
grandfather Noël Coypel
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
surface form: Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
movement Baroque
Rococo
nationality French
notableFor Don Quixote tapestry cartoons
surface form: Don Quixote tapestry series

designs for Gobelins tapestries
influence at the French royal court
notableWork Don Quixote series for the Gobelins Manufactory
Don Quixote tapestry cartoons
Esther
surface form: Esther before Ahasuerus

Portrait of Louis XV as a child
surface form: Portrait of Louis XV as a Child

Self-Portrait with Harlequin
judgment of Paris
surface form: The Judgment of Paris

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
occupation court painter
painter
playwright
tapestry designer
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Paris
positionHeld Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
First Painter to the King of France
Premier peintre du Roi
relative Noël Coypel
surface form: Noël-Nicolas Coypel
sexOrGender male
workLocation Paris

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