LE BRUN, Charles Oil Painting Reproduction
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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:: 30042
Jephthah's Sacrifice
mk67
Oil on canvas
52in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 30054
Self-Portrait
mk67
Oil on canvas
31 1/2x25 9/16in
Uffizi,
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Painting ID:: 33612
Chancellor Seguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris in 1660
mk86
1660
Oil on canvas
295x351cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
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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: | john banister | Rudolf von Alt | Demuth, Charles | August Allebe | GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) |
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