Represents the element of water depicting Neptune and Thetis on a chariot drawn by sea horses.

Etching with engraving made by Sébastien Leclerc in 1679, after tapestries by Charles Le Brun. 

Size: approx. 30.5 x 37 cm. 

Sébastien Leclerc (1637 - 1714) was an artist from Lorraine specializing in reproduction engraving. He made fine drawings, etchings and engravings of paintings and often worked in Paris for Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), First Painter of the court of King Louis XIV. Charles Le Brun was also director of the Manufacture des Gobelins where tapestries and furniture for the royal palaces were made.

Very good condition.

Represents the element of water depicting Neptune and Thetis on a chariot drawn by sea horses. Etching with engraving made by Sébastien Leclerc in 1679, after tapestries by Charles Le Brun.  Size: approx. 30.5 x 37 cm.  Sébastien Leclerc (1637 - 1714) was an artist from Lorraine specializing in reproduction engraving. He made fine drawings, etchings and engravings of paintings and often worked in Paris for Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), First Painter of the court of King Louis XIV. Charles Le Brun was also director of the Manufacture des Gobelins where tapestries and furniture for the royal palaces were made. Very good condition.