"French School, 18th century" Diana is a reverse copy after Antoine Coypel

Philocale, from France, sells on 30 January 2016 a "French School, 18th century" Diana at her bath, estimated at 1,700 to 2,500 Euro.

It is a typical rosy-coloured pleasing but not really challenging picture, but the composition seems to be better than the pictorial qualities (which are good but not really brilliant).

Turns out that it is a reverse and reduced copy of an Antoine Coypel work from the Epinal Art Museum, with some changes to the background mainly.

I guess the work isn't worth more than the estimate, considering the above.

Copy after Coypel

At Uppsala Auktionskammare, an 18th or 19th century painting by an unknown artist with "Bacchus-motif", estimated at 330 to 430 Euro and with a current bid of some 270 Euro.

It is a good variation of a painting by Noël-Nicolas Coypel, "Venus, Bacchus and the three Graces", which is kept in the Museum of Art and History in Genève. It is a bit unusual to find a copy with such changes, makes one wonder whether an original exists with the same changes. It's not the best painted otherwise, but still should be worth more than the valuation, something closer to 800 Euro probably. UPDATE: sold for 1,600 Euro, way above even my estimate!