thumb|right|200px|Joseph Coiny '''Joseph Coiny''' (1795, Paris<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1157689/|title=The Creation of Eve | Michelangelo | Coiny, Joseph | V&A Explore The Collections|first=Victoria and Albert|last=Museum|website=Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections}}</ref>-1829) was a French engraver. He was the son of the engraver Jacques Joseph Coiny. He won the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1816.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=nEFiAAAAcAAJ&dq=1816+gravure+%22prix+de+rome%22&pg=PA81 ''Annuaire des artistes et des amateurs'' (ed. Paul Lacroix, Paris 1860)]</ref>
==Biography== Joseph Coiny was born on September 3, 1795, in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|language=en|url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/search?siteToSearch=benezit&q=%22Coiny%2C+Joseph+French%22&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true|title=Coiny, Joseph|website=oxfordartonline.com}}</ref> He was the son of engraver Jacques Joseph Coiny, with whom he began his studies, before becoming a pupil of François-Louis Gounod and Bervic.
He won the Prix de Rome in engraving in 1816.
Among his works are The Creation of Eve, based on Michelangelo, and numerous portraits.
Joseph Coiny died on August 1, 1829, in his hometown.
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==External references== *[https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb403872288 BNF: Œuvre de Joseph Coiny] *[http://www.artprice.com/artist/167425/joseph-coiny Artprice.com: Joseph COINY (1795-1829)]
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