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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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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.
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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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