Charles Le Brun

(1619–1690) fransk målare och arkitekt

Charles Le Brun (France, 1619–1690) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a designer. By year of birth, Charles Le Brun belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Charles Le Brun was born in Paris and died in Paris. The teachers included François Perrier, Simon Vouet, and Nicolas Poussin. Charles Le Brun worked in Versailles, Paris, and Rome. Wikidata associates Charles Le Brun with Classicism and Baroque. Charles Le Brun became a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The students included Joseph Vivien, Nicolas Bertin, Louis de Silvestre, and Gabriel Revel.

The best-known works include ‘Descent from the Cross’, ‘Descent from the Cross’, ‘Hall of Mirrors’, and ‘Alexander Entering Babylon’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, portrait painting, and history painting. The catalogue has 86 works by Charles Le Brun with free images. The dated works span the years 1600–1784. Works by Charles Le Brun are held by several collections, among them Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Nationalmuseum, Département des peintures du Louvre, and Prints in the National Gallery of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jean Nocret, Gaspard Dughet, Sébastien Bourdon, Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo, and Jan Victors.

• The Baroque
• Alexander Entering Babylon