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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
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Entry of Alexander into Babylon h
c. 1664
Oil on canvas, 450 x 707 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
Painting ID:: 7822
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Entry_of_Alexander_into_Babylon_h
c. 1664
Oil on canvas, 450 x 707 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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Apotheose of Louis XIV d
1677
Oil on canvas, 109,5 78,3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Painting ID:: 7823
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Apotheose_of_Louis_XIV_d
1677
Oil on canvas, 109,5 78,3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
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The Resolution of Louis XIV to Make War on the Dutch Republic g
1671
Oil on canvas, 72 x 98 cm
Mus??e des Beaux-Arts, Auxerrre
Painting ID:: 7824
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The_Resolution_of_Louis_XIV_to_Make_War_on_the_Dutch_Republic_g
1671
Oil on canvas, 72 x 98 cm
Mus??e des Beaux-Arts, Auxerrre
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Holy Family with the Adoration of the Child s
1655
Oil on canvas, 87 x 118 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
Painting ID:: 7825
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Holy_Family_with_the_Adoration_of_the_Child_s
1655
Oil on canvas, 87 x 118 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist at Porta Latina g
1641-42
Oil on canvas, 282 x 224 cm
Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris
Painting ID:: 7826
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Martyrdom_of_St_John_the_Evangelist_at_Porta_Latina_g
1641-42
Oil on canvas, 282 x 224 cm
Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris
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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
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