Charity
Charles Le Brun
ca. 1646–50 · Red chalk · Drawings and Prints
This red chalk figural study relates closely to an allegorical painting, Charity, ca.1648 by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen (inv. 84.8.1). In the eighteenth century, it featured in the collections of John Barnard and Jonathan Richardson the Elder, whose marks can be seen at the lower right.
- Artist
- Charles Le Brun
- Date
- ca. 1646–50
- Medium
- Red chalk
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Harriet and Cyril Mazansky, 2021