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Charles Le Brun

76 works

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Black chalk drawing of reclining and embracing nude figures in a landscape with a stone bench and clouds.

Night

about 1635-1642

Pencil drawing of a satyr with a stick beside a reclining nude woman, a child, a rooster and an urn in a landscape.

Dawn

about 1635-1642

Drawing of a man with long wavy hair, white collar and grey doublet, resting his hand on a book against a warm background.

Portrait of M. Quatrehomme du Lys

1657

Pencil drawing of a rider on a rearing horse surrounded by cupids, with a reclining Venus and mounted troops in the distance.

Louis XIV Captured by Venus

early 1670s

Brown wash drawing of women pouring water into a large vat in a rocky underworld, with a seated bearded man at left.

The vat of the Danaids in the underworld

Pen and grey wash drawing of a reclining effigy on a tomb with a seated, veiled mourning woman in drapery beside it.

Tomb of Nicolas de Bautru, Marquis de Vaubrun

1677

Pencil drawing of a veiled nun writing at a desk, gazing up toward a dove in clouds, with bookshelves behind.

The Holy Lucilia inspired by the Holy Spirit writing at the desk

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of a haloed figure reclining in a forest while several winged angels attend him with food.

Christ served by four angels

Head of a queen with Egyptian headdress from the "Queens at the Feet of Alexander the Great"

1661

Queen with headscarf from the "Queens at the Feet of Alexander the Great"

1661

Head in profile to the left from the "Queens at the Feet of Alexander the Great"

1661

Red chalk drawing of a horse's hind legs and haunch with white highlights on tan paper.

The Hind Legs of a Horse

n.d.

Black chalk study of a male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on tan paper with white highlights.

Study for a Herm

1674/78

Red chalk and grey wash drawing of a draped woman and man beside an urn of flowers, with lions beneath a pedestal.

Allegory of Earth

ca. 1660

Red chalk and wash drawing of seated Apollo attended by draped nymphs pouring water and tending his feet.

Apollo Bathing, Attended by the Nymphs of Thetis

17th century

Drawing of a helmeted warrior and a nude youth with a lyre flanking a large shield, with two putti and wreaths above.

Allegory in Honor of Cardinal Richelieu

1641

Pencil sketch of a priest giving communion to a dying man while other clergy kneel among plague victims on the ground.

St. Charles Borromeo Giving Communion to the Plague-Stricken

17th century

Grey wash drawing in an oval of armed soldiers with raised swords and shields, a fallen figure below, and ships in the distan

The Relief of Candia

17th century

Red chalk drawing on tan paper showing a seated figure, a reclining figure with upturned head, and a foot study.

Two Muses

17th century

Graphite drawing of a standing nude woman with outstretched arm, with sketched sea monster and rocks at her feet.

Andromeda and the Sea-Monster

n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of soldiers, horsemen, and robed figures gathered before tents and banners in a classical scene.

Scène uit de Romeinse geschiedenis

1629

Red chalk drawing of an oval frame edged by a serpent, with seated and winged figures and a putto around it.

Ontwerp voor een portret omrand door een slang

1629

Grey wash drawing of two draped figures reclining on a sarcophagus, one gazing upward, the other resting her head on her hand

Sarcofaag met daarop twee figuren

1630

Pen and wash drawing of Neptune on a sea chariot and Minerva beside an olive tree, with gods on clouds above.

Neptune and Minerva Discussing the Foundation of Athens

n.d.

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a winged allegorical female figure soaring with arms raised, with drapery studies at right.

An Allegorical Female Figure

1600

Red chalk sketch of a putto firing at a putto riding a rearing horse, with a tree and foliage on the right.

Putto Firing at Putto on Horseback

n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a centaur carrying a woman while a nude man points at them, with reclining figures and a landscape behi

Nessus, Deianeira and Hercules

n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the sea god Neptune standing on a shell, holding a trident and pointing, with billowing drapery.

Neptune

n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a crowd around an ox sacrifice, a man raising an axe, and a haloed figure gesturing on a tiled floor.

The Sacrifice at Lystra

n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man seated between two draped women beside a classical urn, with red chalk accents.

Lot and His Daughters

17th century

Pencil drawing of the Holy Family with a kneeling monk and a dog at lower left, on tinted paper.

De heilige familie aanbeden door een monnik met een hond

1629