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Early Paintings: Royal Portraits, Painter to the King

The workshop in which the three brothers worked so closely together rapidly made a name for itself.

In 1632 they obtained from the City of Paris the commission for the portraits of the Municipal Magistrates (now lost). In 1633, Mathieu became one of the official painters to the city of Paris, and then some time before 1643 he painted the portrait of Queen Anne of Austria (also lost), wife of King Louis XIII, which suggests that he was already the Official Painter to the King.

After this, the Le Nain brothers were chosen to decorate the Lady Chapel at St Germain-des-Pres (the ensemble disappeared at the time of the Revolution) and to execute the altarpiece art in the four chapels of Notre Dame (of which one, a Crucifixion, dated 1646, is lost). Their success is borne out by the literature of the day (Du Bail, 1644, Scuder Le Nain brothers - 45 artworks - painting - WikiArt.org ZOJU