The Expressions
Medium
Etching (with later additions in ink)
Dimensions
plate: 13 1/16 x 17 3/4 in. (33.1 x 45.1 cm) sheet: 15 3/8 x 21 1/2 in. (39.1 x 54.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1968
Accession Number
68.513.6(6)
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About the Artist
Henri Testelin|Charles Le Brun · 1616–1695
Henri Testelin (1616–1695) was a French painter, art theorist, and institutional organizer whose contributions to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture proved as significant as his paintings. Born in Paris in 1616 as the son of Gilles Testelin, painter to King Louis XIII, Henri became one of the founding members of the Académie Royale in 1648 and served as its secretary from 1650, playin...