The Triumph of French Painting: Apotheosis of Poussin, Le Sueur and Le Brun, Charles Meynier

The Triumph of French Painting: Apotheosis of Poussin, Le Sueur and Le Brun

Plafond : Le triomphe de la peinture française : apothéose de Poussin, de Le Sueur et de Le Brun (museum title)

Charles Meynier (French) (1763-1832)

Movement: Neoclassicism
Date: 1822
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Louvre Museum, France
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Livioandronico2013, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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