Europa en de stier omgeven door zeegoden
Charles Le Brun
1630 - 1690
Medium
brush
Dimensions
198; 218
About this artwork
height 198 mm x width 218 mm
About the Artist
Charles Le Brun · 1619–1690
Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) was the most powerful artistic figure in seventeenth-century France, serving as the virtual dictator of official taste during the reign of Louis XIV and shaping the visual identity of the French Baroque in ways that resonated for generations. Born in Paris, he trained under the painter Simon Vouet before traveling to Rome in 1642, where he studied the works of Nicolas P...