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Noël Coypel
Portrait of Coypel from 1677 by Academy member Florent de La Mare-Richart
Born	(1628-12-25)25 December 1628 Paris, France
Died	24 December 1707(1707-12-24) (aged 78) Paris, France
Children	Antoine Coypel Noël-Nicolas Coypel
Director of TheFrench Academy in Rome
In office 1673–1675
Preceded by	Charles Errard
Succeeded by	Charles Errard
Director of theAcadémie de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office 1695–1699
Monarch	Louis XIV
Preceded by	Pierre Mignard
Succeeded by	Charles de La Fosse

Noël Coypel (French pronunciation:[nɔɛlkwapɛl]; 25 December 1628 – 24 December 1707) was a Frenchpainter, and was also calledCoypel le Poussin, because he was heavily influenced byPoussin.^[1]

His father, Guyon Coypel, was an unsuccessful artist, originally fromCherbourg. He began his studies inOrléans with an artist named Pierre Poncet, who had been a student ofSimon Vouet. At the age of fourteen, he went to Paris. There, he found work in the studios ofNoël Quillerier.^[2] His progress was rapid. In 1646, aged only eighteen, he was employed in preparing the decorations for the operaOrfeo byLuigi Rossi.^{[citation needed]}

This attracted the attention ofCharles Errard, who was responsible for the artwork at theOratoire and the King's Bedroom at theLouvre, who engaged him to do some paintings. He would work exclusively on the orders ofLouis XIV for almost twenty years, creating several paintings for the King's apartments and, following the King's marriage, the ceilings of the Queen's apartment. He also painted at theTuileries andFontainebleau.^{[citation needed]}

In 1659, he married Madeleine Hérault (1641–1682), an art student. That same year, he presented himself at theAcadémie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture but, due to the amount of work he was doing for the King, his official reception was postponed until early in 1663. Later that year, he displayed hisreception piece,The Reprobation of Cain After the Death of Abel. He was named an assistant professor the following year, and became a full Professor a few months later.^{[citation needed]}

He was appointed Director of theFrench Academy in Rome in 1672, succeeding his former mentor, Errard, who had served for the first six years of the Academy's existence. His son,Antoine, and his brother-in-law, the landscape painterCharles-Antoine Hérault, accompanied him. He held that office until 1675. During his administration, the Academy was finally established at thePalazzo Capranica. While there, he continued to produce paintings for the Royal Family and developed an enthusiasm for mythological themes.^[3] In 1673, he was admitted to theAcadémie de Saint-Luc.^{[citation needed]}

Upon returning to Paris, he resumed his work for the King. In 1685, three years after his wife's death, he married Anne-Françoise Perrin (1665–1728), another young art student. They had fourteen children, most of whom died in infancy. A notable exception was their son,Noël-Nicolas Coypel, who also became a well-known painter.^[4]

TheMarquis de Louvois and theMarquis de Villacerf engaged him to create some designs for theGobelins Manufactory. In 1689, he was elected Deputy Rector for the Académie Royale. He was promoted to Rector in 1690, and to the Directorship in 1695, replacing the latePierre Mignard. In 1702, he reassumed the position of Rector. Three years later, at the age of seventy-seven, he undertook a project to paint frescoes above the high altar at theÉglise des Invalides. This difficult work resulted in a long, serious illness that led to his death on Christmas Eve in 1707.^{[citation needed]}

• 
  The Apotheosis of Hercules (1700)
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  Hercules and Deianira
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  Juno and Hercules (1688)
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  Sacrifice to Jupiter
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  Equity (c. 1667)
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  Apollo Crowned by Victory (c. 1667)
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  Apollo and Mercury (1688)
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  Nero Ordering the Murder of his Mother
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  Christ on the Cross
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  Resurrection of Christ
  (c. 1700)
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  Solon Supporting Justice (c.1672)

• Blumer, Marie-Louise (1961). "Coypel (Noël)". In Roman d'Amat, Jean-Charles; et al. (eds.).Dictionnaire de biographie française (in French). Vol. 9. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. cols. 1149–1150.
• Cornu, Paul[in French] (1913)."Coypel, Noël". InThieme, Ulrich (ed.).Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. Vol. 8. Leipzig: E. A. Seemann. pp. 29–30.OCLC 1039527588 – via the Internet Archive.
• Erbslöh, Roswitha (1983). "Coypel, Noël". In Kasten, Eberhard; et al. (eds.).Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (in German). Vol. 22. München, Leipzig: Saur. pp. 101–103.ISBN 3-598-22762-0.
• Klingsöhr-Le Roy, Cathrin (1996)."Noël Coypel". In Turner, Jane (ed.).The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 8. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. pp. 88–89.ISBN 1-884446-00-0.OCLC 1033653438 – via the Internet Archive.

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