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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The most important French painter of his generation, Antoine Coypel worked during the period of transition from the monarchy of Louis XIV (reigned 1643-1715) through the Regency (1715-1723) and the ascendance of Louis XV (reigned 1715-1774). A beautiful colorist also steeped in the academic tradition of drawing, Coypel used red, black, and white chalk together on this sheet to achieve tonal range. The drawing is connected to Coypel's greatest achievement: the series of large painted decorations for the Gallery of Aeneas in the Palais Royal in Paris. This study of facial expression shows one of the mourners attending the funeral of Pallas, a scene from Virgil's (70-19 bc) Aeneid. Though this painting still exists in the collection of the Louvre Museum, it is in a ruined state. Most of the paintings for the Gallery of Aeneas did not survive at all, but there are numerous drawings for the project.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) — The Head of
Guido Reni — The Head of a Woman Looking Up (Judith)
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin — The Upturned Head of a Young Boy in
Francesco Montelatici ("Cecco Bravo") — Youth Gazing Upwards
Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) — Study of the Head
Giovanni Antonio Sogliani — Head of a Youth in Profile (rect
Gilles Demarteau|François Boucher — Head of a Young Man
Jean de Saint-Igny — Bust of a Young Man
Heinrich Karl Anton Mücke — Portrait of Alfred Rethel, looki
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo — Head of a Young Man in Three-Qua
Jacques Dumont, called le Romain — Head of a Young Girl
Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo — Study of a Head
