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Charles Le Brun

French seventeenth-century painter and decorator, the principal artist of the court of Louis XIV. He directed the decoration of the Palace of Versailles and the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, and imposed a classicist, grandiloquent style that defined the official aesthetic of French absolutism.

Works
7
Years
1647–1665
As prints
4
The Sacrifice of Polyxena, Charles Le BrunThe Sacrifice of PolyxenaCharles Le Brun, 1647From €29The Sleep of the Infant Jesus, Charles Le BrunThe Sleep of the Infant JesusCharles Le Brun, 1655Chancellor Séguier, Charles Le BrunChancellor SéguierCharles Le Brun, 1660From €29The Jabach Family, Charles Le BrunThe Jabach FamilyCharles Le Brun, 1660From €29The Tent of Darius, Charles Le BrunThe Tent of DariusCharles Le Brun, 1660Louis XIV, Charles Le BrunLouis XIVCharles Le Brun, 1661Alexander Entering Babylon, Charles Le BrunAlexander Entering BabylonCharles Le Brun, 1665From €29

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