Sébastien Le Clerc, the Elder (French, 1637-1714)
after Charles Le Brun (French, 1619-1690)
Renewal of the Alliance Between the French and the Swiss in 1663
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Sébastien Le Clerc, the Elder (French, 1637-1714)
after Charles Le Brun (French, 1619-1690)1682
Renewal of the Alliance Between the French and the Swiss in 1663
Sébastien Le Clerc, the Elder (French, 1637-1714) after Charles Le Brun (French, 1619-1690) →etchingprint
Date
1682
Medium
Engraving and etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 39.7 × 55.1 cm (15 11/16 × 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 40.1 × 55.4 cm (15 13/16 × 21 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections
Created nearly twenty years after the event it depicts, this etching is modeled after Charles Le Brun's original series of historical tapestries representing the conquests of Louis XIV. The scene commemorates the signing of the treaty at Soleure on September 4, 1663. The king is accompanied by his brother Philippe, the Prince de Condé, and his son, the due d'Enghien. Also present are Olivier d'Ormesson and the archbishop of Reims.
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