Charles Le Brun is one of the most powerful French artists. The painter, sculptor, architect and ornamental artist was the spiritual father and the driving force behind the style epoch we now call Louis XIV. The enormous breadth of his creative output - he was not only a painter and sculptor, but also an interior decorator, plasterer and designer of carpets, wallpapers and tapestries - enabled him to leave his mark on the entire art of this epoch. His style left its mark on subsequent generations of courtly artists and served as a reference and idealized counterpart to the exuberant Rokoko until well into the 18th century.
Le Brun's career began early, at the age of 13, when a drawing of Louis III on horseback made by him caught the attention of the then chancellor Ségnier. Afterwards, the talent of the young stonemason's apprentice was systematically encouraged. Born in Paris in 1619, Le Bruns was already court painter in 1638 and received his first commissions from Cardinal Richelieu. His courtly patrons enabled the artist to spend time in Italy, where he perfected his training and studied in Rome with Nicolas Poussin, among others. During this time he also devoted himself to the works of Carracci, Raffael and Renis, which strongly influenced his later work. For example, one of Le Brun's most famous works, Einzug Alexanders in Babylon, which can be seen today in the Louvre.
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.jpg "The Triumph of Alexander, or the Entrance of Alexander into Babylon by Charles Le Brun")
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_-_by_Lebrun_in_Treats_of_the_physiogno_-_(MeisterDrucke-1027229).jpg "Profiles of Bird and Man-Bird - by Lebrun, in Treats of the Physiognomy of Man Compared to That of Animals by Charles Le Brun")
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 (pastel on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-79278).jpg "Portrait of Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707) by Charles Le Brun")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117626).jpg "Entry of Christ into Jerusalem by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of an Eagle and a Man, from")
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_c1668_-_(MeisterDrucke-37982).jpg "Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV (1638-1715) c.1668 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of a Boar and a Man, from")
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.jpg "Similarities between the head of a bear and a man, from")
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.jpg "Similarities between the heads of a horse and a man, from")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of a Wolf and a Man, from")
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.jpg "The Sleeping Christ, 1655 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of a Cat and a Man, from")
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.jpg "Apotheosis of King Louis XIV of France by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of a Camel and a Man, from")
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.jpg "Alexander the Great and Porus (detail), 1673 by Charles Le Brun")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1425221).jpg "Alexander and Porus, at the Battle of Hydaspes by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of a Lion and a Man by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of a Donkey and a Man, from")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of a Fox and a Man, from")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of an Easel and a Man, from")
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.jpg "Men/cattle comparison by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Chancellor Séguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities between the heads of a lynx and a man, from")
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 King of France (pastel on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-167814).jpg "Portrait of Louis XIV King of France by Charles Le Brun")
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_(detail_of_9_-_(MeisterDrucke-1425050).jpg "Alexander and Porus at the Battle of Hydaspes, c.1673 (detail) by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Holland Accepts Peace and Detaches Herself from the Holy Roman Empire and from Spain in 1678 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The King Governs by Himself, 1661 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Capture of the City and Citadel of Ghent in Six Days, 1678 by Charles Le Brun")
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 331 BC c1673 - (MeisterDrucke-169221).jpg "The Battle of Arbela (or Gaugamela) 331 BC by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Meeting of Louis XIV and Philippe IV on the Ile des Faisans (detail) by Charles Le Brun")
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_(1619-1690)_-_(MeisterDrucke-950890).jpg "The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Alexander Entering Babylon by Charles Le Brun")
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 (see also 90061) - (MeisterDrucke-215464).jpg "The Head of a Man Screaming in Terror (detail) by Charles Le Brun")
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_Governing_Alone_in_1661_Ceiling_Painting_from_the_Gal_-_(MeisterDrucke-316947).jpg "King Louis XIV Governing Alone in 1661, Ceiling Painting from the Galerie des Glaces by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Daedalus and Icarus, 1642-6 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Month of January The Louvre, from the Series of Tapestries")
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.jpg "The Queens of Persia at the Feet of Alexander, also called The Tent of Darius by Charles Le Brun")
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 into Dunkirk 2nd December 1662 (tapestry) - (MeisterDrucke-67277).jpg "Entry of Louis XIV into Dunkirk, 2nd December 1662 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Month of February, from the series of tapestries")
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.jpg "Half length profile of a woman with hands clasped, known as Madame de Maintenon by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The King Taking Maastricht in Thirteen Days in 1673 and the Passage on the Rhine in the Presence of the Enemies in 1672, from the Galerie des Glaces (detail) by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Studies of three heads of men recalling the physiognomy of the camel by Charles Le Brun")
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 receiving the Papal Legate at Fontaine - (MeisterDrucke-216693).jpg "Louis XIV receiving the Papal Legate at Fontainebleau (detail) by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Autumn, from The Seasons by Charles Le Brun")
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_Childs_Head_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1618468).jpg "The Dead Christ (front); Child")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-156884).jpg "The Portiere of the Famous, Gobelins Workshop by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities between the head of a Goat and a Man, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-151948).jpg "The Month of October Chateau of the Tuileries by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Heracles Frees Hesione by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Triumph of Alexander or Entry of Alexander the Great in Babylon by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of St. John the Evangelist by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Alexander and Porus by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Half Naked Man Supported by Three Men, Study for")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-150504).jpg "Portrait Head of King Louis XIV, c.1663 by Charles Le Brun")
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 woven at the Atelier des Gobelins (wool tapestry) - (MeisterDrucke-131729).jpg "Children Gardening (after a cartoon by Le Brun) by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Strategy of the Spanish Ruined by the Taking of Ghent, ceiling painting from the Galerie des Glaces by Charles Le Brun")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659351).jpg "The Fall of the Rebellious Angels by Charles Le Brun")
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 at - (MeisterDrucke-264386).jpg "The Audience of Cardinal Chigi with Louis XIV at Fontainebleau, 29th July 1664, Gobelins factory by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Queens of Persia at the Feet of Alexander, Also Called The Tent of Darius, c.1660 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Similarities Between the Head of an Ox and a Man, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-92862).jpg "Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Order Restored in Finances, 1662 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Ceiling of the Hôtel La Rivière (detail) by Charles Le Brun")
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_1653_-_(MeisterDrucke-125392).jpg "Ceiling of the Hôtel La Rivière (detail) by Charles Le Brun")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-982328).jpg "The Adoration of the Shepherds (Detail) by Charles Le Brun")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1425258).jpg "The Dead Christ by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Descent from the Cross by Charles Le Brun")
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 of Spain and Louis XIV (1638-1715) on the Island of Pheasants (tapestry) - (MeisterDrucke-188971).jpg "The Meeting of Philip IV of Spain and Louis XIV on the Island of Pheasants by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "A sketch of The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, 1641 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Mythological Scene with a Sacrificing Queen in a Forest, Possibly Althaea, and Three Gorgons by Simon Henri Thomassin")
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.jpg "The Jabach Family by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Naked woman on her knees. Drawing by Charles Lebrun by Charles Le Brun")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-154695).jpg "The Month of April Chateau of Versailles, from the series of tapestries")
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.jpg "Furies Encouraging Althaea to Burn Meleager")
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.jpg "Louis XIV Captured by Venus by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane with Two Angels by Gilles Rousselet")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-111381).jpg "Portrait of Louis XIV (1638-1715) by Charles Le Brun")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-60239).jpg "Woman Kneeling on a Cloud by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Sacrifice of Polyxena by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Louis XIV of France, Equestrian Portrait / Charles Le Brun by Charles Le Brun")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-145254).jpg "The Capture of the Town and Citadel of Ghent in six days in 1678 and the Strategy of the Spanish Ruined by the taking of Ghent, ceiling painting from the Galerie des Glaces by Charles Le Brun")
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 King of France and of Navarre before the Town of Dle - (MeisterDrucke-130140).jpg "Louis XIV, King of France and of Navarre, Before the Town of Dôle by Charles Le Brun")
 King of France and of Navarre before the Town of Dle - (MeisterDrucke-130140).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-86051).jpg "Portrait of Louis XIV, young, in profile to the left by Charles Le Brun")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1109596).jpg "Crucifix with Angels, circa 1660 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Project for the Pediment of the Castle of Vaux-Le-Vicomte by Charles Le Brun")
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_young_Artwork_by_Charles_Lebrun_(Le_Brun)_(1_-_(MeisterDrucke-1004651).jpg "Portrait of Louis XIV, Young by Charles Le Brun")
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 1647 - (MeisterDrucke-87212).jpg "Pierre de Corneille (1606-94) 1647 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Month of September Chateau of Chambord, from the Series of Tapestries")
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.jpg "Descent from the Cross, c.1680 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Jephthah")
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 (see also 177108) - (MeisterDrucke-105596).jpg "Portrait of Louis XIV in Profile, with Bare Neck and Long Hair by Charles Le Brun")
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 1646 - (MeisterDrucke-111237).jpg "The Death of Cato of Utica (95-46 BC) 1646 by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "The Siege of Douai by Charles Le Brun")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-84530).jpg "Triumphant France, c.1674 by Charles Le Brun")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-129483).jpg "Study of a Child with a Dog by Charles Le Brun")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-169366).jpg "Alexander Crossing the River Granicus by Charles Le Brun")
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.jpg "Decorative Panel of the Dining Room of the Chateau de Vaux Le Visomte by Charles Le Brun")
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 King of France and Navarre and the Infanta Maria Theresa of Austria (1638-83) daughter of Philip IV King of Spain in 1660 engraved by B Jeaurat 1731 (l - (MeisterDrucke-205326).jpg "Marriage Ceremony of Louis XIV King of France and Navarre, and the Infanta, Maria Theresa of Austria daughter of Philip IV, King of Spain in 1660, engraved by B. Jeaurat, 1731 by Charles Le Brun")
 King of France and Navarre and the Infanta Maria Theresa of Austria (1638-83) daughter of Philip IV King of Spain in 1660 engraved by B Jeaurat 1731 (l - (MeisterDrucke-205326).jpg)
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