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Charles Le Brun
(24th Feb, 1619 - 22nd Feb, 1690)
Homme en armure, casqué, assis, le bras gauche levé
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Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Marc Jeanneteau
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
warrior
armour
crest (heraldic)
helmet
raised arms (pose)
sitting
side-view
man
figure study
projet de décoration
mise au carreau
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About the artwork
Title:
Homme en armure, casqué, assis, le bras gauche levé
Periods:
modern age
17th century
XVIIth century
Techniques:
remount
chalk highlights
stylus (drawing)
mise au carreau
white highlights
black chalk
beige paper
white chalk
mise au carreau
Dimensions:
2150 x 1610
Inventory number:
INV29847-3-recto
Detail:
Vers 1679/1684. Etude pour l'un des grands compartiments du décor de la voûte de la Grande Galerie, 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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