“En toi je tomberai, végétale ambroisie,Grain précieux jeté par l'éternel Semeur,Pour que de notre amour naisse la poésieQui jaillira vers Dieu comme une rare fleur!”
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Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time". Le Brun was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and was influenced by Nicolas Poussin.
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culture · French painter and art theorist (1619–1690) · painter · architect · decorator · designer · graphic artist · printmaker · architectural drafter · visual artist · also Charles Le Brun, Sharlʹ Le Bri︠u︡nʹ, Chevalier Charles Le Brun, Sharl Le Briun, Charles LeBrun, Charles le Brun
Born 24 February 1619 · Died 22 February 1690 · Q271676
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Vegetal ambrosia, precious grain scatteredBy the eternal Sower, I shall descend in youSo that from our love there will be born poetry,Which will spring up toward God like a rare flower!
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2026· 2 entries
“Vegetal ambrosia, precious grain scatteredBy the eternal Sower, I shall descend in youSo that from our love there will be born poetry,Which will spring up toward God like a rare flower!”
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2022· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Charles Le Brun, first painter to King Louis XIV / by Michel Gareau ; with the collaboration of Lydia Beauvais
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2017· 1 entry
By the current owners, the de Vogüé family
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1963· 1 entry
When a major Le Brun exhibition was organized at Versailles, that his work was reevaluated
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1690· 1 entry
Died 1690-02-22.
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1664· 1 entry
Career landmark: Premier peintre du Roi (1664–1690).
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1619· 1 entry
Born 1619-02-24.
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