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Don Quixote Suite Of 31 Engravings By Charles Coypel, 18th Century, In A Modern Frame

Name: Don Quixote Suite Of 31 Engravings By Charles Coypel, 18th Century, In A Modern Frame
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 0YL542TAH8
Price: 3900 EUR
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Suite of 31 engravings, 25 of which are based on cartoons by Charles Coypel for tapestries woven at the Gobelins (some of which are still in the Musée de Compiègne), and engraved by Jakob Van der Schley, B. Picart, Tanjé and Fokke. The remaining 6 are engraved after works by Jacques Philippe Le Bas, Cochin, F. Boucher and Trémolières. Each plate is captioned and numbered.
This mythical series of plates set the iconography of Don Quixote for around a century. Charles Coypel captured the physical features and grotesque situations of Cervantes' masterpiece with great finesse.
Permission to print was granted on August 29, 1775. The engravings, on the other hand, were produced much earlier, as some plates are dated 1742, 1745. Coypel had painted several scenes from Don Quixote, then decided to have them engraved in a portfolio that appeared in 1724, before concluding this artistic adventure with a book printing, "Les principales avantures de l'Admirable Don Quichotte".
engravings: 21.5x16cm (sheet 29x21.7cm) Modern frame and matted mount, 39x32cm outside,

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Additional Information

Style	Louis XV style (Engravings, Prints of Louis XV style Style)
Period	18th century (Engravings, Prints 18th century)
Country of origin	France
Artist	COYPEL Charles
Width (cm)	32
Height (cm)	39