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LE BRUN, Charles
French painter (b. 1619, Paris, d. 1690, Paris)
French painter and designer. He dominated 17th-century French painting as no other artist; it was not until over a century later, during the predominance of Jacques-Louis David, that artistic authority was again so concentrated in one man. Under the protection of a succession of important political figures, including Chancellor Pierre S?guier, Cardinal Richelieu and Nicolas Fouquet, Le Brun created a series of masterpieces of history and religious painting. For Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert he executed his greatest work, the royal palace of Versailles: an almost perfect ensemble of architecture, decoration and landscape. After Colbert's death in 1683, he was no longer able to count on prestigious commissions
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Painting ID:: 20628
The Chancellor Seguier (mk05)
Canvas 116 1/4 x 138 1/4''(295 x 351 cm)Acquired from the descendants of the sitter in 1942
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Painting ID:: 20630
Alexander and Porus (mk05)
Canvas 185 x 497 1/2''(470 x 1264 cm)From a Series representing the history of Alexander the Great Collection of Louis XIV
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Painting ID:: 21595
The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist at the Porta Latina (mk08)
c.1641/42
Oil on canvas
282x224cm
Paris,Saint-Nicolas du Chardonner
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Painting ID:: 21597
Chancellor Seguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris in 1660 (mk08)
1660
Oil on canvas
295x351cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
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Painting ID:: 29639
Adoration of the Shepherds
1689
Oil on canvas, 151 x 213 cm
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LE BRUN, Charles
French painter (b. 1619, Paris, d. 1690, Paris)
French painter and designer. He dominated 17th-century French painting as no other artist; it was not until over a century later, during the predominance of Jacques-Louis David, that artistic authority was again so concentrated in one man. Under the protection of a succession of important political figures, including Chancellor Pierre S?guier, Cardinal Richelieu and Nicolas Fouquet, Le Brun created a series of masterpieces of history and religious painting. For Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert he executed his greatest work, the royal palace of Versailles: an almost perfect ensemble of architecture, decoration and landscape. After Colbert's death in 1683, he was no longer able to count on prestigious commissions
. Related Artists to LE BRUN, Charles: | Stefano Torelli | Johann Christian Klengel | George Washington Lambert | Jochem de Vries | Samuel De Wilde |
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