Charles-Antoine COYPEL (Paris 1694 - 1752) A man raising his eyes to heaven and comforting a kneeling figure Black stone, blush, traces of red chalk and white highlights on blue paper with several spots of color at the bottom. (Lined drawing). 45 x 28,7 cm Our drawing is to be compared with two paintings by Charles Coypel: Perseus delivering Andromeda (Musée du Louvre INV. 6688) and The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (known only by the tapestry) (see : Thierry Lefrançois, Charles Coypel 1694 -1752, Paris, Éditions Arthéna, 1994, n°P.76, p. 211 and n°P.112a, pp. 228-229). Dated 1727, the first one was made for the competition instituted by the Duke of Antin. Our sheet shows various similarities with the figure of Cepheus on the right of the painting. We note a variation in the arms and the absence of a second grieving figure. The second, executed around 1730, has been missing since the end of the 18th century but was used as a model for the Gobelins factory to complete the Iliad hanging. Our drawing is very close to the figure of Agamemnon in the center of the work with the only variation being the positioning of the head looking at Iphigenia in supplication.