Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le Brun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV

 Printing the Grand Manner illuminates an extraordinary moment in the intertwined history of painting and printmaking in Europe. The brilliant age of Louis XIV saw the creation of a group of unusually large prints—some of which measure a fantastic five feet by three feet when assembled—that reproduced works by the French king’s remarkably inventive court painter, designer, and arts administrator, Charles Le Brun (1619–1690).