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Charles Le Brun
(24th Feb, 1619 - 22nd Feb, 1690)
Calliope
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Tony Querrec
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
crossed-legged (pose)
projet de décoration
sitting
figure study
Calliope (mythology)
laurel wreath
archivolt
portrait de jeune femme
woman
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About the artwork
Title:
Calliope
Periods:
modern age
17th century
XVIIth century
Techniques:
white chalk
Japanese paper
chalk highlights
white highlights
stylus (drawing)
beige paper
black chalk
doubled paper
Dimensions:
1670 x 1560
Inventory number:
INV29973-recto
Detail:
Vers 1674-1679. Etude pour le décor de la voussure de l'escalier des Ambassadeurs du château de Versailles
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Charles Le Brun
Also known as:
Sharlʹ Le Bri︠u︡nʹ
Chevalier Charles Le Brun
Sharl Le Briun
Charles LeBrun
Charles le Brun
Charles Lebrun
Born:
24th Feb, 1619
Dead:
22nd Feb, 1690
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Charles Le Brun
(24 February 1619 – 22 February 1690) was a French painter, art theorist, interior decorator and a director of several art schools of his time. As court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time", he was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and much influenced by Nicolas Poussin.
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