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ST. BRUNO ON HIS KNEES BEFORE
THE CRUCIFIX.
LE SUEUR.
In the year 1648, Lu Sueur, at the age of 51, began,
by the desire of- the Queen, the mother of Louis the
Fourteenth, to paint the history of St. Bruno, founder of
the Order of the Chartreux, for the purpose of deco-
rating the cloister of the Monastery at Paris. This he
executed in 22 pictures, in the space of three years;
and although he has the modesty to call his pictures
mere sketches, the series has been reckoned among the
best collections of paintings. It passed in the year 1776
into the cabinet of the late King of France.
After the death of Le Sueur, some persons, jealous of
the fame of this great painter, having had the meanness
to damage these chef d’oeuvres, much care was be-
stowed to restore them to their former state. They
were originally painted upon wood, then placed upon
canvas, and afterwards retouched; but this latter task was
committed to unskilful hands. They have since, by an
order of the Senate, been restored with the utmost
precision.
The Chartreux compelled Le Sueur to begin the life of
St. Bruno, with an anecdote, to which, for a long time
the conversion of the Saint was attributed; but this story
Pope Urban VIII. caused to be suppressed as fabulous.
THE CRUCIFIX.
LE SUEUR.
In the year 1648, Lu Sueur, at the age of 51, began,
by the desire of- the Queen, the mother of Louis the
Fourteenth, to paint the history of St. Bruno, founder of
the Order of the Chartreux, for the purpose of deco-
rating the cloister of the Monastery at Paris. This he
executed in 22 pictures, in the space of three years;
and although he has the modesty to call his pictures
mere sketches, the series has been reckoned among the
best collections of paintings. It passed in the year 1776
into the cabinet of the late King of France.
After the death of Le Sueur, some persons, jealous of
the fame of this great painter, having had the meanness
to damage these chef d’oeuvres, much care was be-
stowed to restore them to their former state. They
were originally painted upon wood, then placed upon
canvas, and afterwards retouched; but this latter task was
committed to unskilful hands. They have since, by an
order of the Senate, been restored with the utmost
precision.
The Chartreux compelled Le Sueur to begin the life of
St. Bruno, with an anecdote, to which, for a long time
the conversion of the Saint was attributed; but this story
Pope Urban VIII. caused to be suppressed as fabulous.