Charles Le Brun Works Online
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Original works by Charles Le Brun available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK
The Holy Family
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Portiere Showing the Fouquet Arms, 1659-60
Spring, 1661-62
Louis XIV's Entry into Dunkerque, 1662
Daedalus and Icarus, ca.1645-46
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
4 works online by Le Brun
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
Portrait of the Sculptor Nicolas le Brun, ca.1635 (Zoom)
Charles Le Brun at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Alexander in Babylon, 1665
Charles Le Brun at the Louvre Museum, Paris
The Apotheosis of Hercules, drawing, 1650-58
Charles Le Brun at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Two men carrying a cross, red chalk drawing, 1685
Charles Le Brun at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Chancellor Séguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris in 1660, ca.1655-61
Louvre Museum Database, Paris
17 paintings
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) 
Skip forward to about page 9 for hundreds of works on paper by Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
Château de Versailles, France
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
The Massacre of the Innocents
Horatius Cocles defending the Bridge
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Le Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, France (in French)
Portrait équestre de Louis XIV
Le Musée Ingres, Montauban, France (in French)
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Charles Le Brun in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France (in French)
La Résurrection du Christ
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France (in French)
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Musee Magnin, Dijon, France
Musées de Lorraine, France (in French)
Vierge à l'Enfant
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
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The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German)
The Jewish Museum, New York City
Painting from the exhibition Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
Flemish Art Collection Database, Belgium (in Dutch)
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)
UK National Inventory of Continental European Paintings (NICE)
The Brazen Serpent
Art Market:
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Artarchiv Sample Artist Symbols + Monograms
Scroll down to monogram 579
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Charles Le Brun in the Art Renewal Center
Charles Le Brun at CGFA
Google Art Project NEW!
4 works online
Web Gallery of Art
WebMuseum 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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California State University WorldImages Database
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Charles Le Brun 
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Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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