Mercury and Pegasus
1660s/1670s
Medium
black chalk and gray wash on laid paper, laid down on an old mount
Dimensions
sheet: 17.2 × 13.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.) mount: 27.8 × 22.2 cm (10 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone
Accession Number
2022.40.8
About the Artist
Charles Le Brun · 1619–1690
Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) was the most powerful artistic figure in seventeenth-century France, serving as the virtual dictator of official taste during the reign of Louis XIV and shaping the visual identity of the French Baroque in ways that resonated for generations. Born in Paris, he trained under the painter Simon Vouet before traveling to Rome in 1642, where he studied the works of Nicolas P...