Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)
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Savonnerie carpets and Gobelin tapestries of the Sun King at the Grand PalaisIt is a success: since Sunday morning, numerous visitors have flocked under the vaults of the Grand Palais nave to admire a remarkable “exhibition” both beautiful and scholarly but of ephemeral…
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A Le Brun acquired by OrléansThe copper painting was sold last November at Artcurial as “attributed to Charles Le Brun”. The quality of this Lamentation of Christ (which should rather be titled Pietà), whose composition is known…
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17th-century French painting mistreated by the LouvreOne of the Louvre’s missions is indispensable, not only because it is the largest museum in France, but also because it is the only one in the world to have the resources (collections, exhibition…
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Three sales at the Hôtel DrouotWhile the Salon du Dessin is in full swing - we will come back to this shortly - and many galleries are organising exhibitions and important auctions are taking place (which have already given rise…
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1600-2000. A collection ?Some collections are made with very little money. But knowledge and taste can sometimes make up for this lack, and that’s what we can see in this exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. It is…
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Two other 17th century drawings for VersaillesOutre le pastel de Simon Vouet, deux autres feuilles XVIIe ont récemment rejoint les collections du château de Versailles. Une étude pour la statue des Mathématiques du parterre du Midi a été achetée…
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A pastel by Vouet acquired by VersaillesThree years after its exhibition Drawings for Versailles: Twenty Years of Acquisitions, the Château de Versailles is pursuing its acquisition policy in this area as dynamically as ever. A major sheet…
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Great decors restored from Notre-Dame de ParisThe exhibition that the Louvre should have organised is finally being staged by the Mobilier national, and so much the better, as its spaces are perfectly suited to hanging large-format paintings,…
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The Louvre preempts three tapestriesThere is the charming detail of the squirting water in the centre of the composition: Diana splashes Actaeon to repel him. This reaction is well and truly specified by Ovid. The author of the…
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Vaux-le-Vicomte launches a subscription to buy a tapestryHow to retain Spring? The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is launching a crowfunding, in collaboration with the Sauvegarde de l’art français, to purchase a tapestry from the Gardener Children hanging. The…
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