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Charles Le Brun

[French Baroque Era Painter, 1619-1690]

• Relationships: Studied under Nicolas Poussin and Simon Vouet.
Le Brun's students included Charles de La Fosse.
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Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
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

Charles Le Brun in the Louvre Museum Database, Paris (only available in French)
17 paintings

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

The Royal Collection, London, UK
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Art Fund for UK Museums

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
The Massacre of the Innocents
Horatius Cocles defending the Bridge


Flemish Art Collection Database (in Dutch)  

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts

Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)  

Le Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, France (in French)  
Portrait équestre de Louis XIV

Le Musée Ingres, Montauban, France (in French)   NEW!  
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Charles Le Brun in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France (partly in French)  
Charity

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   NEW!

Musées de Lorraine, France (in French)  
Vierge à l'Enfant

Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Austria
Portrait of the Sculptor Nicolas Le Brun

State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy

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Pictures from Image Archives:
Charles Le Brun in the Art Renewal Center

Charles Le Brun at CGFA  

Web Gallery of Art  

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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)  

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Articles:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Charles Le Brun
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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

La Tribune de l'Art (in French)  
Several works illustrated in this article on a restoration at Versailles

La Tribune de l'Art (in French)  
Descente de Croix, ca.1679

La Tribune de l'Art (in French)  
La Nuit ou Diane (with detail image)

La Tribune de l'Art (in French)  
Crucifixion

  
Charles Le Brun: Sketch for Apotheosis of Hercules





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Daedalus and Icarus, 1642-6
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