Charles Le Brun
by COYSEVOX, Antoine, Marble, height 62 cm
Work submitted for admission to the Acad�mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and presented on January 28, 1679. This is one of the few works of its kind to be a portrait; Charles Le Brun (1619–90) was the king’s chief painter, who was Chancellor of the Acad�mie Royale at the time.
A full-sized model of the bust is in the Wallace Collection, London.