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The Relief of Candia

Charles Le Brun

17th century

Medium

Black chalk, brush and gray and blue wash over black chalk. Paper outside oval washed in rose.

Tags

Battles Shields Swords Men

Dimensions

11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in. (29.8 x 22.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

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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