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Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes

Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes

Artist Charles Le Brun (French, 1619-1690)
Publisher Chez Audran, Paris
Dateabout 1670-1680
Dimensionsportfolio: 22 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (578 x 387mm)
sheet: 21 7/8 x 14 15/16 in. (555 x 380mm)
MediumOriginal prints: 20 engravings on cream laid paper
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1967.128A-T
Not on View
Label TextOriginally bound, these engravings made after designs by Charles Le Brun represent unexecuted projects for the palace of Versailles and for Paris locations during the reign of Louis XIV. The engravings show friezes for the Salles des Bains (bathing rooms) and designs for fountains. There is dispute concerning the actual engraver of these images. Charles Le Brun was born in Paris and began his formal training as an artist at the age of eleven. He went on to become the most influential arbiter of art in France in the later part of the 17th century. His influence on the court of Louis XIV was immense and the style that developed under his stewardship came to be accepted throughout Europe. So much was he favored by the king and the French ministers of finance, that Le Brun was automatically given all of the commissions for the decoration of the royal palaces starting in the 1660s.Exhibition HistoryTMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011.
Fontaine de 'Apollon et de Daphnè. from: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine de 'Apollon et de Daphnè. from: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine d "Hercule et de Antèe. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine d "Hercule et de Antèe. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine de Persèe et d' Andromede. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine de Persèe et d' Andromede. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine d'Atlas et d' Hercule. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine d'Atlas et d' Hercule. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine des Musees. from: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine des Musees. from: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine de la Victoire d'Apollon sur le Serpent Python. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine de la Victoire d'Apollon sur le Serpent Python. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine des quartre parties du monde. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine des quartre parties du monde. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine de la Renommèe. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine de la Renommèe. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine du trepied d'Apollon. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine du trepied d'Apollon. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Fontaine d' Hercule Victorieux. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Fontaine d' Hercule Victorieux. From: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Title page: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Title page: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680
Pair of Fountains with Cupids. from: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Pair of Fountains with Cupids. from: Recueil de divers Desseins de Fontaines et de Frises Maritimes (1 of 20 folio sheets)
Charles le Brun
about 1670-1680

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