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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Charles Le Brun
1619–1690 · French
- Born
- 1619 · Paris
- Died
- 1690 · Paris
43 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Charles Le Brun was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV and was influenced by Nicolas Poussin.
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Charles Le Brun (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl lə bʁœ̃]; baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time". Le Brun was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and was influenced by Nicolas Poussin.
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Registered works
43
In museum collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Charles Le Brun
Selected from 43 works by Charles Le Brun in the Collect24 Registry.
Charles Le Brun
Portrait of M. Quatrehomme du Lys, 1657
Black, white, and red chalk and pastel, on beige paper
35.2 × 27.6 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-199752
Charles Le Brun
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, 1646–1647
Oil on canvas
98.4 × 80 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-132645
Charles Le Brun
Daedalus and Icarus, 1645
oil paint
190 × 124 cm
Hermitage Museum
C24-418695
Charles Le Brun
Apollo Bathing, Attended by the Nymphs of Thetis, 17th century
Brush and gray wash, over red and black chalk; squared in black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
29.3 × 40.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-593094
Charles Le Brun
Evening: a seated satyr clasps his child, a figure hangs a garland on a pier beyond, from "Hours of the Day", ca. 1640
Etching
18.6 × 23.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-390025
Charles Le Brun
Allegory of Earth, ca. 1660
Brush and gray wash, over red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
30.1 × 21 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-574480
Charles Le Brun
Two Muses, 17th century
Red chalk, heightened with white, on beige paper
36 × 25 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-558650
Charles Le Brun
Allegory in Honor of Cardinal Richelieu, 1641
Black chalk, traces of stumping, brush and black and gray wash; contours incised for transfer
37.3 × 74.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-540547
Charles Le Brun
St. Charles Borromeo Giving Communion to the Plague-Stricken, 17th century
Black chalk
14.9 × 41.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-480325
Charles Le Brun
Louis XIV Captured by Venus, early 1670s
black chalk, graphite, and brush and gray wash
29.2 × 40.8 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-218809
Charles Le Brun
Night, about 1635–1642
Black chalk, incised for transfer, on light brown paper
18.8 × 23.4 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-215351
Charles Le Brun
Dawn, about 1635–1642
Black chalk, incised for transfer, on light brown paper
17 × 22.1 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-212817
Museums and collections
Where works by Charles Le Brun are registered
- Musée Carnavalet
Paris, France
16 works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
11 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
4 works
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
4 works
- Department of Paintings of the Louvre
France
2 works
- Slovak national gallery
Bratislava, Slovakia
2 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
1 work
- Detroit Institute of Arts
United States
1 work
- Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Germany
1 work
- Hermitage Museum
Russia
1 work
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