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The Infant Jesus
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The Infant Jesus

before 1642

Medium

Etching, second state of two

Dimensions

Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 13/16 in. (11.4 × 12.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Jamie Mulherron, 2013

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

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.