LE BRUN, Charles French painter (b. 1619, Paris, d. 1690, Paris)
French painter and designer. He dominated 17th-century French painting as no other artist; it was not until over a century later, during the predominance of Jacques-Louis David, that artistic authority was again so concentrated in one man. Under the protection of a succession of important political figures, including Chancellor Pierre S?guier, Cardinal Richelieu and Nicolas Fouquet, Le Brun created a series of masterpieces of history and religious painting. For Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert he executed his greatest work, the royal palace of Versailles: an almost perfect ensemble of architecture, decoration and landscape. After Colbert's death in 1683, he was no longer able to count on prestigious commissions
LE BRUN, Charles The Chancellor Seguier (mk05) Canvas 116 1/4 x 138 1/4''(295 x 351 cm)Acquired from the descendants of the sitter in 1942
The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist at the Porta Latina (mk08) c.1641/42
Oil on canvas
282x224cm
Paris,Saint-Nicolas du Chardonner Painting ID:: 21595
LE BRUN, Charles The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist at the Porta Latina (mk08) c.1641/42
Oil on canvas
282x224cm
Paris,Saint-Nicolas du Chardonner
Chancellor Seguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris in 1660 (mk08) 1660
Oil on canvas
295x351cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre Painting ID:: 21597
French painter (b. 1619, Paris, d. 1690, Paris)
French painter and designer. He dominated 17th-century French painting as no other artist; it was not until over a century later, during the predominance of Jacques-Louis David, that artistic authority was again so concentrated in one man. Under the protection of a succession of important political figures, including Chancellor Pierre S?guier, Cardinal Richelieu and Nicolas Fouquet, Le Brun created a series of masterpieces of history and religious painting. For Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert he executed his greatest work, the royal palace of Versailles: an almost perfect ensemble of architecture, decoration and landscape. After Colbert's death in 1683, he was no longer able to count on prestigious commissions