Charles Le Brun dominated 17th-century French painting as no other artist. Under the protection of a succession of important political figures, including Chancellor Pierre Séguier, Cardinal Richelieu and Nicolas Fouquet, he created a series of masterpieces of history and religious painting. For Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert he executed his greatest work, the royal palace of Versailles. After Colbert's death in 1683, he was no longer able to count on prestigious commissions and, apart from finishing the decoration of Versailles, he concentrated on smaller-scale religious painting.

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	Apotheose of Louis XIV 1677 Oil on canvas, 109,5 78,3 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	627*880 True Color 161 Kb
	Daedalus and Icarus 1645-46 Oil on canvas, 190 x 124 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	836*1253 True Color 89 Kb
	Hercules and the Horses of Diomedes c. 1640 Oil on canvas Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham	588*900 True Color 122 Kb
	Holy Family with the Adoration of the Child 1655 Oil on canvas, 87 x 118 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1105*810 True Color 136 Kb
	Louis XIV Adoring the Risen Christ 1674 Oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon	977*1800 True Color 219 Kb
	The Repentant Magdalen 1655 Oil on canvas, 252 x 171 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1000*1440 True Color 138 Kb
	The Repentant Magdalen (detail) 1655 Oil on canvas Musée du Louvre, Paris	999*735 True Color 86 Kb
	Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist at Porta Latina 1641-42 Oil on canvas, 282 x 224 cm Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris	843*1050 True Color 151 Kb
	Portrait of the Sculptor Nicolas Le Brun c. 1635 Oil on canvas, 87 x 69 cm Residenzgalerie, Salzburg	874*1100 True Color 118 Kb
	Pietà 1643-45 Oil on canvas, 146 x 222 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1001*645 True Color 77 Kb
	The Sacrifice of Polyxena 1647 Oil on canvas, 178 x 131 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1163*1500 True Color 250 Kb
	The Raising of the Cross 1685 Oil on canvas, 155 x 197 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Troyes	1278*1000 True Color 136 Kb
	Chancellor Séguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris 1655-61 Oil on canvas, 295 x 351 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1231*1000 True Color 164 Kb
	Adoration of the Shepherds 1689 Oil on canvas, 151 x 213 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1136*800 True Color 143 Kb
	Portrait of Turenne c. 1665 Oil on canvas, 67 x 52 cm Musée National du Château, Versailles	916*1200 True Color 147 Kb
	The Triumph of Faith 1658-60 Oil on canvas Château, Vaux-le-Vicomte	1100*825 True Color 247 Kb
	The Triumph of Faith 1658-60 Oil on canvas Château, Vaux-le-Vicomte	903*850 True Color 96 Kb
	Triumph of Hercules 1658-61 Oil on canvas Château, Vaux-le-Vicomte	1100*825 True Color 225 Kb
	Aerial view 1656-61 Photo Château Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy (Seine-et-Marne)	800*1000 True Color 228 Kb