Charles-Nicholas’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Bust of a Man in Profile to the Left
Charles-Nicholas Cochin the younger French, 1715-1790

Decoration of the Hall of Spectacles
Charles-Nicholas Cochin the younger French, 1715-1790

La fontaine (The Fountain)
Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790) after Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)

Allegory of Surgery
Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger French, 1715-1790

J.B. Restout
Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger French, 1715-1790

Allegory of Surgery
Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger French, 1715-1790

Decoration for a Masked Ball given by the King
Charles Nicolas Cochin I (French, 1688-1754) after Charles-Nicholas Cochin the younger (French, 1715-1790)

Portrait of Joanni Rodolpho Perronet
Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736-1807) after Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger (French, 1715-1790)

Design: General Proportions of the Male, from Encyclopédie
A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century) after Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger (French, 1715-1790) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)

Design: Figure from Encyclopédie
A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century) after Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger (French, 1715-1790) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)

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Collin de Vermont (French, 1693-1761) Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger (French, 1715-1790); after Charles-Joseph Natoire (French, 1700-1777) printed by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772) published by Charles-Antoine Jombert (French, 1712-1784)

Design School, from Encyclopédie
Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809) upper image after Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger (French, 1715-1790) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)

Design: Figure from Encyclopédie
Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809) after Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger (French, 1715-1790) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)

Design: Academic Figure, from Encyclopédie
A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century) after Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger (French, 1715-1790) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)

Design: Academic Figure, from Encyclopédie
Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809) after Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger (French, 1715-1790) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)

The Guardhouse
David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610-1690)

Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac
David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690) After Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588)

Saint Christopher
Israhel van Meckenem the Younger German, c. 1440/45-1503

Armor for Field and Tournament
Jörg T. Sorg, the Younger, after German, Augsburg, active 1502-1542