Antoine Coypel (Paris 1661-1722)
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Antoine Coypel (Paris 1661-1722)

Flora and Zephyr

Closed29 January 2015

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USD 20,000

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Antoine Coypel (Paris 1661-1722)
Flora and Zephyr
inscribed '2505.' (lower left) and '9' (lower right)
oil on copper
11¾ x 8 7/8 in. (29.9 x 22.5 cm.)

(Probably) Charles-Antoine Coypel, the artist's son; his sale, Paris, 1753, no. 92 (with the pendant): 'Deux Tableaux pendants peint sur cuivre, l'un représentante Zéphire & Flore, & l'autre Vertumne & Pomone, en demie figure: ils ont été gravés, le premier par M. Gaspard DUCHANGE, & le second par Corn. Vermeulen, & sont aussi terminés qu'ils sont d'une agréable compositions; leur grandeur est de 11 pouces de haut sur 8 de large', where probably acquired by the following.
(Probably) Louis-Antoine Crozat, Baron de Thièrs until 1772, when acquired by the following.
(Probably) Catherine II of Russia, Palace of Tsarskoe-Selo, near St. Petersburg.
with Ghislaine David, Paris, where purchased in 1992 by the present owner.