COYPEL turned to Paris, and there obtained a second academical prize in 1676. In his twentieth year he became a member of the Academy, in 1684 professor, and in 1714 director. In 1716 he was nominated court painter, and in 1717 ennobled. Works : Athaliah driven from the Temple (1704) ; Susanna accused by the Elders, Esther before Ahasuerus (1704) ; Rebecca and Eleazer, Flora and Zephyrus, Young Girl caressing a Dog, Louvre. Ch. Blanc, Ecole franchise ; Wurzbach, Die franz. Maler des xviii. Jahrh., 14 ; Villot, Cat. Louvre. COYPEL, CHARLES ANTOINE, born in Paris, July 11, 1694, died there, June 14, 1752. French school; history and portrait painter, son and pupil of A n t o i n e . | Member of the Academy in 1715, professor 1730, rector 1746, and court painter, 1747. Works : Perseus and Andromeda, Angelica and Medor (1733), Louvre ; Medea pursued by Ja- son (1715) ; Sac- rifice of Abra- ham ; series of pictures from Don Quixote, Compiegne. Ch. Blanc, Ecole francaise ; Wurzbach, Die franz. Maler des xviii. Jahrh., 9. COYPEL, NOEL (Natatis), born in Paris, ; Dec. 25, 1628, died there, Dec. 24, 1707. ! /- .*. /WC French school ; history painter, pupil in Orleans of one Poncet, and in Paris of Quil- 1 e r i e r ; e m - ployed in 1646 by Charles Er- rard as his as- sistant iu dec- orating the Louvre, where after 1655 he painted inde- pendently for the king as well as at the Tuileries and at Fontainebleau. In 1664 he became professor and in 1672 director of Academy in Rome ; after a three years' residence there, during which he was received into the Academy of St. Luke, he returned to Paris, where he became rector of the Academy in 1690, and director in 1695. Works : Solon maintaining the Justice of his Laws (about 1675), Ptolemy Philadelphus emancipating the Jews (about 1675), Trajan giving pub- lic Audiences (about 1675), Alexander Sev- erus distributing "Wheat in Time of Famine (about 1675), Malediction of Cain (1663), Hercules and Achelous (1704), Hercules, Dejanira, andNessus (1704), Apollo crowned by Victory, and others, Louvre. His son, Noel Nicolas (1692-1734), was a painter and engraver. His Venus, Bac- chus, and Cupid (1727) is in the Louvre. Ch. Blanc, cole francaise ; Villot, Cat. Louvre. C R A E S - BECKE, JOOST VAN, born at Neerlinter, Bra- bant, in 1606,died in Brussels be- fore 1662. Flem- ish school ; genre painter, pupil of Adrian Brouwer; admitted to Ant- werp guild in 1633 as "baker and painter," ar.
