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Charles Le Brun
(24th Feb, 1619 - 22nd Feb, 1690)
Eléphants au combat, chargés de guerriers perses
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Le Mage
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
figure study
Perse (population) (représenté)
elephant
étude d'animal
battle (land)
Battle of Arbeles (331 B.C)
soldier
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About the artwork
Title:
Eléphants au combat, chargés de guerriers perses
Periods:
17th century
modern age
XVIIth century
Techniques:
chalk highlights
black chalk
beige paper
white highlights
white chalk
Dimensions:
414 x 565
Inventory number:
INV29431-recto
Detail:
Vers 1663-1673. Etude pour "La Bataille d'Arbelles"
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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