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Chaperon [Chapron], Nicolas
(b Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, 19 Oct 1612; d Rome, ?1656). French painter, engraver and draughtsman. His only signed and dated painting, the Presentation in the Temple (1639; Compiègne, Chapelle St Nicolas; sketch, Houston, TX, Mus. F.A.), seems to confirm on stylistic grounds the assertion made by Mariette, among others, that he was among the best of Simon Vouet’s pupils. Nevertheless, it is as an imitator of Nicolas Poussin that he is best known, and such works as the Alliance of Venus and Bacchus (engraved 1639; Dallas, TX, Mus. F.A.) demonstrate his skill. At least one of his paintings, the Nurture of Jupiter (Chapel Hill, U. NC, Ackland A. Mus.), was engraved as by Poussin in the 19th century, and although only one or two other works have so far been attributed to Chaperon, including the Drunken Silenus (Florence, Uffizi), it is likely that others will come to light among the vast number of paintings attributed to anonymous followers of Poussin.
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