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Vignette from the Galerie des Glaces, Versailles

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Vignette from the Galerie des Glaces, Versailles

Charles Le Brun | Bernard Picart

early 18th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

Dimensions

Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (13.7 × 9.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Richard A. Berman, 2018

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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