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René Antoine Houasse
(1645 - 27th May, 1710)
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after Charles Le Brun
(24th Feb, 1619 - 22nd Feb, 1690)
Alexandre et Porus
1685
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Fontainebleau) / Gérard Blot
Fontainebleau, château
http://www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr/
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Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Fontainebleau) / Jean-Pierre Lagiewski
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Keywords:
Conquest of Alexander the Great
scène antique grecque
hanging (tapestry)
Battle of the Hydaspes River (326 BC)
wounded (war)
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C)
king
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About the artwork
Title:
Alexandre et Porus
Periods:
17th century
modern age
XVIIth century
Techniques:
wool (textile)
haute lisse
silk (textile)
gold thread
Dimensions:
4900 x 8800
Inventory number:
GMTT89
Detail:
Troisième Tenture de l'Histoire d'Alexandre : 7e pièce. Ancienne collection de la Couronne.
Location:
Fontainebleau, château
About the author(s)
Author:
René Antoine Houasse
Also known as:
Rene Antoine Houasse
Rene Antoine Ouasse
René-Antoine Ouasse
Born:
1645
Dead:
27th May, 1710
Country:
France
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René-Antoine Houasse
(c. 1645–1710) was a decorative French painter. He was a pupil of Charles Le Brun, under whose direction he worked at the Manufacture des Gobelins, and with whom he worked on the decoration of the Château de Versailles. He was the director of the French Academy in Rome from 1699 to 1704. His son was Michel Ange Houasse, a painter of genre scenes.
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Author:
after
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
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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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