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Everhard Jabach (1618–1695) and His Family
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Everhard Jabach (1618–1695) and His Family

Dimensions

110 1/4 × 129 1/8 in. (280 × 328 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2014

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Charles Le Brun

1619–1690France

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.