Exaltation of the Cross. 1706.

After the original by C. Le Brun. 1685.
Engraving, etching. 570 x 740.
Under the image, on the left: Inventé et peint par M. le Brun premier peintre du Roi; on the right: Dessiné et gravé par B. Audran avec Privilege du Roi de 1706; in the center: Dedie au Roy par son tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur et fidelle sujet Benoist Audran; on both sides of the coat of arms – a quote from the Gospel in Latin and French (John 3:14-15); below, on the left: Ce tableau est dans… de long; on the right: Se vend a Paris au Palais de Luxembourg ou le dit Audran demeure.
The original by Charles Le Brun is located in the Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology in Troyes (France).
Inv. G 660.

Le Brun, Charles (1619, Paris – 1690, Paris) – French painter and draftsman, one of the most outstanding representatives of classicism art, the founder and leading figure of the Grand Styl of the Louis XIV era.