Date : between 1646 and 1647
Material : Oil on canvas
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European Painting
Painting (Thème religieux)
Area related
France
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Arms thrown wide, Saint Andrew implores the heavens above while soldiers tie him to a cross in the shape of an X.
This preparatory model was probably submitted for approval to the Goldsmiths' Guild of Paris, which had commissioned an altarpiece from Le Brun in 1646 for Notre Dame Cathedral. The accepted compositions, known as "les grands mays", installed in the cathedral on the first day of May in honor of the Virgin.
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Le Parterre d'Eau, initialement composé de cinq bassins, devait être doté d'un important décor conçu par Charles Le Brun. Celui-ci réalisera les dessins préparatoires destinés aux sculpteurs.
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