Charles Le Brun Adoration of the Shepherds ca. 1689 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Angel ca. 1674 drawing (figure study for cupola decoration, Château de Sceaux) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Angel ca. 1674 drawing (figure study for cupola decoration, Château de Sceaux) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun God the Father in Glory ca. 1672 drawing (figure study for ceiling decoration, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun God the Father in Glory ca. 1672 drawing (figure study for ceiling decoration, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun God the Father in Glory ca. 1672 drawing (figure study for ceiling decoration, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun God the Father in Glory ca. 1672 drawing (figure study for ceiling decoration, Château de Versailles) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Christ carrying the Cross ca. 1688 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Christ carrying the Cross ca. 1688 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Conversion of St Paul ca. 1656 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Descent from the Cross ca. 1679 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Descent of the Holy Spirit ca. 1654-57 drawing (head study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Entry of Christ into Jerusalem ca. 1688-89 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Entry of Christ into Jerusalem ca. 1688-89 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Entry of Christ into Jerusalem ca. 1688-89 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Angel Head (L'église de Saint Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris) ca. 1665 drawing (design for external relief ornament) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Massacre of the Innocents ca. 1640-50 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro ca. 1686 drawing (figure studies for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro ca. 1686 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Raising of the Cross ca. 1685 drawing (figure studies for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Charles Le Brun Raising of the Cross ca. 1685 drawing (figure study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
from Church Monuments
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stern
And true descent: that when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust
That measures all our time, which also shall
be crumbled into dust. Mark, here below,
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.
– George Herbert (1633)