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LE BRUN, Charles

LE BRUN, Charles Alexander and Porus (mk05) oil painting on canvas
Alexander and Porus (mk05)
Painting ID::  20630
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LE BRUN, Charles Alexander and Porus (mk05) oil painting on canvas



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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
  Alexander and Porus (mk05)
  Canvas 185 x 497 1/2''(470 x 1264 cm)From a Series representing the history of Alexander the Great Collection of Louis XIV

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