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Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

Esther swoons before Ahasuerus. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel.

Hercules brings Alcestis back from the dead and restores her to her husband Admetus. Engraving by L. Desplaces after A. Coypel, 1715.

Cupid flies to the aid of the weeping Psyche. Engraving by J. Audran, ca. 1700, after A. Coypel, 1699.

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Coypel, Antoine, 1661-1722

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Hercules brings Alcestis back from the dead and restores her to her husband Admetus. Engraving by L. Desplaces after A. Coypel, 1715.

Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

Cupid flies to the aid of the weeping Psyche. Engraving by J. Audran, ca. 1700, after A. Coypel, 1699.

Esther swoons before Ahasuerus. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel.