Charles Beaubrun

Charles Beaubrun (Charles Bobrun) (1604-1692) was a French portrait painter active in Paris between 1630 and 1670.

Life Charles Beaubrun was born at Amboise, a member of a distinguished family of painters. He studied under his uncle Louis Beaubrun (d. 1627). He and his cousin Henri Beaubrun (II) (1603–1677), were portrait painters in the courts of Kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Some of his work is jointly attributed to Henri. His youngest brother, Michel Beaubrun (d 1642), was also a painter. Charles Beaubrun died at Paris.

Charles Beaubrun: Maria Theresa of Austria (1638-1683) and the Grand Dauphin (1661-1711) (c. 1665), 225 × 175 cm (88.58 × 68.90 in) Oil on canvas, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Work Beaubrun made many portraits of the reigning French queens, painting according to the prevailing court conventions. Thus certain similarities are evident between his portrait of Maria Theresa of Spain (Maria Theresa, Infanta of Spain), queen to Louis XIV, and an earlier portrait of Anne of Austria, queen to his father Louis XIII (both shown here) even wearing the same regal gowns.