Vignette from the Galerie des Glaces, Versailles

Bernard Picart|Charles Le Brun

early 18th century · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash · Drawings and Prints

Bernard Picart was a successful engraver active in France and the Netherlands. This drawing belongs to a group of studies he made after works by Charles Le Brun, the leading painter and coordinator of royal projects under Louis XIV. Rather than transcribe an entire composition, he used each sheet to study a vignette of a few figures.

Artist

Bernard Picart|Charles Le Brun

Date

early 18th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Richard A. Berman, 2018