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Apollo Bathing, Attended by the Nymphs of Thetis

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Apollo Bathing, Attended by the Nymphs of Thetis

Charles Le Brun

17th century

Medium

Brush and gray wash, over red and black chalk. Squared for transfer in black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink.

Tags

Apollo Nymphs Bathing

Dimensions

11 9/16 x 15 13/16 in. (29.3 x 40.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1965

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Charles Le Brun

1619–1690 • France

French painter and designer whose influence dominated 17th-century French painting. He worked for King Louis XIV who appointed him 'Premier Peinture de Roi' and director of Goeblins. He oversaw the design of the royal palace of Versailles, including the architecture, decoration and landscape. In later life, he produced primarily smaller-scale religious paintings.

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