The Relief of Candia
17th century
Medium
Black chalk, brush and gray and blue wash over black chalk. Paper outside oval washed in rose.
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in. (29.8 x 22.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1975
Accession Number
1975.439
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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...