C1765

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Rare c.18th engraving in the crayon manner of the facial expression of emotions based on Charles Le Brun’s drawings. From Sayer, Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul; as they are Expressed in the Human Countenance: Drawn by that … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Attention.

Date:

C1765

Artist:

Charles Le Brun (1619 - 1690)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Engraving printed in sepia in the crayon manner

Image Size:

200mm

x 275mm

Paper Size:

272mm

x 402mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1765

Description:

Rare c.18th engraving in the crayon manner of the facial expression of emotions based on Charles Le Brun’s drawings.

From Sayer, Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul; as they are Expressed in the Human Countenance: Drawn by that Great Master Monsieur Le Brun.

Collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY

Charles Le Brun (1619 - 1690)

Le Brun was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. As court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time", he was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art.

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