The Infant Jesus
Charles Le Brun
before 1642
Medium
Etching, second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 13/16 in. (11.4 × 12.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jamie Mulherron, 2013
Accession Number
2013.568
Tags
InfantsJesus
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...