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Charles Le Brun
(24th Feb, 1619 - 22nd Feb, 1690)
Projet pour le fronton du château de Vaux-le Vicomte
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
projet de décoration
lion (animal)
pediment
horn of plenty
lyre
sculpture (representation of)
Cybele
Apollo
coat of arms
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About the artwork
Title:
Projet pour le fronton du château de Vaux-le Vicomte
Periods:
modern age
17th century
Techniques:
pen (drawing)
brown ink
black chalk
wash with brown
beige paper
Dimensions:
185 x 449
Inventory number:
INV29632-recto
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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