The goal of physiognomy is to judge character according to features of the face. Charles Le Brun (February 24, 1619 - February 12, 1690) was a French painter, art theorist, interior decorator and court painter to Louis XIV.

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Charles Le Brun, Physiognomy, 1670s

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