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Two Muses

17th century

Medium

Red chalk, heightened with white, on beige paper

Dimensions

14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (36 x 25 cm.)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1986

Classification

Drawings

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.