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The Sacrifice of Polyxena

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The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Charles Le Brun

1647

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

Soldiers Men Children Women

Dimensions

66 1/2 × 51 3/4 in. (168.9 × 131.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, 2012 Benefit Fund, and Bequest of Grace Wilkes and Fletcher Fund, by exchange, 2013

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

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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