Louis Surugue & Charles Le Brun

Louis XIV Accordant sa Protection aux Beaux-Arts

Louis Surugue's original engraving, "Louis XIV Accordant sa Protection aux Beaux-Arts" is based upon a design created by the 17th century French artist, Charles Le Brun. It is printed upon 18th century laid paper as commissioned for the fine art portfolio, Versailles Immortalise, published in Paris in 1720. With all its delightful surrounding ornamentation Louis X!V Accordant sa Protection aux Beaux-Arts is a perfect example of the art of Louis Surugue, Charles Le Brun and the period of decoration that is now called the 'Louis-Quatorze Style'.

Original Engraving by the French artists, Louis Surugue and Charles Le Brun.

Louis XIV Accordant sa Protection aux Beaux-Arts

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Title:	Louis XIV Accordant sa Protection aux Beaux-Arts
Engraver:	Surugue, Louis (Paris, 1695 -1769)
Designer:	Le Brun, Charles (Paris, 1619 - 1690)
Date:	1720
Medium:	Original Engraving
Note:	Louis Surugue: An eighteenth century engraver, Louis Surugue studied design and engraving techniques in Paris, under Bernard Picart. During his career Surugue engraved designs both after contemporary French painters and after the designs of such old masters as Rubens, del Sarto, da Cortona and Teniers. Besides individual plates, Louis Surugue also contributed etchings to both commissioned portfolios and books, such as the fine plates for Aventures de Telemaque (1736). Louis Surugue was also the father and instructor of the engraver, Pierre Louis Surugue (1716-1772).
	Louis XIV Accordant sa Protection aux Beaux-Arts is one of Louis Surugue's largest and most impressive engravings. This portrait of Louis XIV (1643-1715) was commissioned for the fine art portfolio, Versailles Immortalise, published in Paris in 1720. With all its delightful surrounding ornamentation it is a perfect example of the period of decoration that is now called the 'Louis-Quatorze Style'.
	Charles Le Brun: An early 17th century French artist, Charles Le Brun, also spelled Lebrun, was painter and designer during the last half of the 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIV. He organized and carried out most of the vast projects of paintings, sculptures and decorative arts commissioned by the French government during three decades of the reign of Louis XIV. He studied under Guillaume Perrier and then with Simon Vouet. For a period of about four years he worked under Nicolas Poussin who gave him the classical training to complete the baroque teachings of Vouet. In 1663 he became director of the Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Among the most outstanding of his works were the Galerie de Glaces (Hall of mirrors), Le Grand Escalier (Grand Stairway), and other rooms and vaults at the Versailles. Many of the leading French artists, such as La Fosse, Jouvenet, Houasse, and Boullogne trained in his studio.
Raisonne:	G. K. Nagler, Neus allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Leipzig, Schwarzenburg & Schumann, Vol. 20, pp. 131 - 134.
	Nagler, Catalogue #64. First and Only State.
	Le Baron Roger Portalis & Henri Beraldi, Les Graveurs du Dix-Huitieme Siecle, Margand et Fatout, Paris, 1882, Vol. 3, p. 576.
Source:	Versailles Immortalise
Size:	17 1/8 X 13 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted With 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon 18th century laid paper and with margins cropped to the image on all sides. Containing slight scuffing to the lower right, else a finely printed early impression and in good condition throughout. Louis X!V Accordant sa Protection aux Beaux-Arts represents both a large and important example of the engraved art of Louis Surugue and of early eighteenth century French design and decor.
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