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Charles Le Brun

Aurora (Dawn), c. 1640

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series Title

The Four Times of Day (plate 1)

Medium

etching with engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 18.1 x 23.5 cm (7 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)

sheet: 18.9 x 24 cm (7 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Robert-Dumesnil, no. 4, State iii/iv

Accession Number

2007.18.1

Artists / Makers

Charles Le Brun (artist) French, 1619 - 1690

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Inscription

upper left in image: AURORA; across lower edge: LeBrun in fecti P. Mariette le fils excud. cum Privel. Regis

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1939: IFF (1600)

1967: Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

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