BOULLOGNE, Louis the Younger
(b. 1654, Paris, d. 1733, Paris)

Earth

1698
Oil on copper, 52 x 45 cm
Schloss Sanssouci, Berlin

This copper painting was probably part of a series representing the Four Elements. This work rewarded its painter with directorship of the Académie Royale and his appointment as First Painter to Louis XV.