Lot 89: ATTRIBUTED TO NOËL-NICOLAS COYPEL PARIS 1690 - 1734 | Apollo and the Sybille of Cumes

Oil on canvas, oval

83,5 x 61,5 cm; 32 3/4  by 24 1/4  in.

Oil on canvas, oval

The painting is warmer in tone than the catalogue illustration would suggest. The canvas has been relined. No major damages seem to be apparent. The painted surface seems to be in reasonably good condition. It is covered with a craquelure pattern which is a bit coarse in places, especially along the upper edge, with some minor dryness in the upper part. Thinness can be observed in the darker parts of the composition, e.g. in the center and in some of the figures. A few discolored retouches can be seen in the clothing of the figures and in the body of Apollo. Under UV light The varnish layer fluoresces largely, showing some minor strengthening in the upper part, in Apollo especially in his clothes, in the clothing of the putti and on his left, and in the yellow shawl of the Sybil. Offered with an oval carved and giltwood frame. Le tableau présente en réalité des couleurs plus chaudes que sur l’illustration au catalogue. Le tableau a fait l’objet d’un rentoilage. Aucun accident important ne semble visible. La couche picturale semble dans un état satisfaisant. Le tableau présente un réseau de craquelures parfois un peu larges, notamment le long du bord supérieur, dues probablement à l’assèchement de la matière. On remarque des usures dans les zones les plus sombres de la composition, notamment au centre et dans les personnages. Quelques repeints désaccordés sont visibles dans les vêtements des personnages et sur le corps d’Apollon. A la lampe UV Le tableau présente un vernis principalement opaque, laissant apparaître quelques légères usures dans la partie supérieure, notamment dans les habits d’Apollon, dans ceux du putti et à sa gauche, et également dans le drapé jaune de la Sybille. Dans un cadre ovale sculpté et doré.
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Karl Lagerfeld collection, Paris; 
Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019), Paris, his sale ('Old Master Paintings from the Lagerfeld Collection'), New York, Christie's, 23 May 2000, lot 135.