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Beaubrun [Bobrun].
French family of painters. The earliest known member to be associated with the arts was Mathieu Beaubrun (i) (c. 152597), who was a painter and valet de chambre to Henry IV. Two of his sonsthe eldest, Mathieu Beaubrun (ii) (d 1608), and the youngest, Henri Beaubrun (i)also became painters and valets de chambre to Henry IV, while a third son, Louis Beaubrun (d 1627), became painter to Anne of Austria and then to Louis XIII. The family is principally remembered for two painters in the next generation, Henri Beaubrun (ii) (b Amboise, bapt 2 Feb 1603; d Paris, 17 May 1677), generally regarded as the son of Henri (i) (but see Le Blant), and his first cousin Charles Beaubrun (b Amboise, 11 Feb 1604; d Paris, 16 Jan 1692), the eldest son of Mathieu (ii). Their careers are virtually indistinguishable. Charless younger brother, Michel Beaubrun (d 1642), was also active as a painter.
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