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Louis XIV Captured by Venus

Charles Le Brun, Adam Frans van der Meulenearly 1670s

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  • Title: Louis XIV Captured by Venus
  • Creator: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619-1690), Adam Frans van der Meulen (Flemish, 1632-1690)
  • Date Created: early 1670s
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 29.2 x 40.8 cm (11 1/2 x 16 1/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Baron N. de Rothschild, Schloss Schillersdorf and Vienna, Baron N. de Rothschild, Schloss Schillersdorf and Vienna
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.29
  • Medium: black chalk, graphite, and brush and gray wash
  • Inscriptions: VERSO, ON WOOD PANEL, upper left, in brown ink [on sticker]: Louis XIV / & / Duc[illegible] Montespan / by / Le Brun & / Van der Meulen ; [on same sticker] in graphite: [809?] ; center, in brown ink [on Schillersdorfer Schloss-Inventar sticker]: 47 ; upper left, in black paint: K6505 [sideways] ; upper left, in red crayon: AR 733 ; center right, in blue crayon: AR 733 ; lower center, in blue crayon: Iv. 2289
  • Department: Drawings
  • Culture: France, 17th century
  • Credit Line: Delia E. Holden Fund
  • Collection: DR - French
  • Accession Number: 1969.29
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