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| Charles Le Brun Figure attacked by a Lion ca. 1679-84 drawing (study for vault painting, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Figures of Soldiers ca. 1679-84 drawing (study for vault painting, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Soldier Fleeing ca. 1679-84 drawing (study for vault painting, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Three Figures ca. 1679-84 drawing (study for vault painting, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Winged Female Figure with Standard ca. 1679-84 drawing (study for vault painting, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Allegorical Figures ca. 1685-86 drawing (study for ceiling painting, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Front of Antique Chariot ca. 1685-86 drawing (study for ceiling painting, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Legs of Reclining Figure ca. 1685-86 drawing (study for ceiling painting, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Draped Female Figure ca. 1653-55 drawing (study for ceiling painting, L'hôtel de La Rivière, Paris) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Reclining Figure ca. 1653-55 drawing (study for ceiling painting, L'hôtel de La Rivière, Paris) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Hercules and the Cretan Bull ca. 1650-60 drawing (study for vault painting, L'hôtel Lambert, Paris) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Hercules and one of the Horses of Diomedes ca. 1650-60 drawing (study for vault painting, L'hôtel Lambert, Paris) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Allegorical Scenes ca. 1653 drawing (study for ceiling painting, Palais du Louvre) Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Figure Study ca. 1660 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Figure Studies ca. 1660 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Figure Study ca. 1680 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles Le Brun Figure Study ca. 1680 drawing Musée du Louvre |
from Constancy to an Ideal Object
And art thou nothing? Such thou art, as when
The woodman winding westward up the glen
At wintry dawn, where o'er the sheep-track's maze
The woodman winding westward up the glen
At wintry dawn, where o'er the sheep-track's maze
The viewless snow-mist weaves a glist'ning haze,
Sees full before him, gliding without tread,
An image with a glory round its head;
The enamoured rustic worships its fair hues,
Nor knows he makes the shadow, he pursues!
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge (ca. 1810)