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Evening: a seated satyr clasps his child, a figure hangs a garland on a pier beyond, from the series "Hours of the day"

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Evening: a seated satyr clasps his child, a figure hangs a garland on a pier beyond, from the series "Hours of the day"

Charles Le Brun | Pierre Mariette

ca. 1640

Medium

Etching

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Dimensions

image: 7 5/16 x 9 1/4 in. (18.6 x 23.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

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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