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Charles Le Brun
(24th Feb, 1619 - 22nd Feb, 1690)
Tête d'homme barbu vue de dessus, la calotte crânienne enlevée
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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:
brain
beard
man
head (human body)
dissection
science et technique (thématique)
anatomy
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About the artwork
Title:
Tête d'homme barbu vue de dessus, la calotte crânienne enlevée
Periods:
modern age
17th century
Techniques:
black chalk
pen (drawing)
sanguine
black ink
Dimensions:
226 x 183
Inventory number:
INV28235-recto-folio74
Detail:
Album Le Brun Charles -2- Folio 74 rapporté au recto. Etude pour une boîte crânienne inspirée de la partie inférieure de la planche 69 de la "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" de Vésale (Bâle, 1543
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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