Portrait of Abbot Jean-Antoine Maroulle. 1726.

After the original by Ch.-A. Coypel.

Engraving. 355 x 240.

In the cartouche: Ioannes Antonius de Maroulle Consultissimae facultatis Parisiensis licentiatus, abbas de la Frenade... obiit die[s] 21 aebris 1726 aetat[is] 52; below image, on the left: C. Coypel pinx.; on the right: S. Thomassin scul.; in the center: Ce Tableau est dans le Cabinet de M^r. le Comte de Morville, Chevalier de la Toison d’or.

According to French researcher T. Lefrançois, the engraving originates from the lost painting original by Ch.-A. Coypel, written around 1720-1725, which was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1725.

Inv. G 385.

Literature: Nagler, Bd. 12, p. 375, No. 25; Le Blanc, t. 4, p. 32, No. 19; Portrait de l'Abbé Jean-Antoine de Maroulle en buste d'après Charles Coypel [Electronic resource]. – Access mode:https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4206326.

Coypel, Charles-Antoine (1694, Paris – 1752, Paris) – French Rococo painter.

Maroule, Jean-Antoine (1669/74–1726) – abbot, art lover, amateur artist. A friend of the artist Ch.-A. Coypel, engraver and publisher P.-J. Mariette, patron and collector of P. Crozat.