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Seasons and Elements (Fire) (set of four)

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Seasons and Elements (Fire) (set of four)

Charles Le Brun | Jean Lemoyen le Lorrain | Marquise de Montespan

ca. 1683

Medium

Canvas; silk, wool, and metal-thread embroidery in tent stitch (316 stitches per sq. inch, 49 per sq. cm.)

Tags

Birds Armor Men Fire

Dimensions

L. 168 x W. 108 inches (426.7 x 274.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1946

Classification

Textiles-Embroidered

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French, Paris

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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