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attributed to Charles Le Brun
(24th Feb, 1619 - 22nd Feb, 1690)
Fontaine d'Hercule et d'Antée
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Ollivier
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
Hercules (mythology)
fight (military)
nude (male)
Antaeus
fountain
architectural project
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About the artwork
Title:
Fontaine d'Hercule et d'Antée
Periods:
17th century
modern age
Techniques:
stylus (drawing)
black ink
wash with grey
dessin au crayon noir
black chalk
pen (drawing)
Dimensions:
415 x 290
Inventory number:
INV30050
Detail:
Vers 1668. Suite à une commande du prévôt des marchands et des échevins de Paris qui voulaient faire construire de nouvelles fontaines dans la ville
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
attributed to
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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