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''We
wished to bestow on Sieur Le Brun, our First Painter, a mark
of the esteem, that we hold for him and for the excellence
of his works, wich, it is universally acknowledged, outshine
those of the famous painters of the last centuries.''
Signed: Louis XIV
Letter
in wich Louis XIV made Charles Le Brun a titled nobelman,
December 22, 1662, registered in the Chamber of Accounts on
May 22, 1663. (Paris) |
Self portrait Charles LeBrun (1619-1690)
First
Painter to King Louis XIV |
