Meridies, between 1619 and 1690

  • Charles Le Brun, French, 1619-1690
  • P. Mariette le fils, French

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 7 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (19.1 × 23.8 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S192.2

Signed, in plate, lower left: Le Brun in. fecit

Inscribed, in plate, lower center: P. Mariette excud. Inscribed, upper right: MERIDIES.

October 1887, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jouin. Les arts sous Louis XIV. 1899, p. 81. Le Brun. Chateau de Versailles. 1963, nos. 53-56 (ill.). Le Blanc, C. Manuel de L'amatuer d'estampes. Amsterdam, 1971, no. 4-7.

Charles Le Brun, Meridies, between 1619 and 1690, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S192.2.