Charles Errard

Charles Errard
Portrait bust of Errard on bronze medal from 1671
Born	c. 1606/9 Nantes, France
Died	25 May 1689 (aged 80 or 83) Rome, Papal States
Resting place	Santa Trinità dei Monti
Parent	Charles Errard (father)
Director of The French Academy in Rome
In office 1666–1672
Succeeded by	Noël Coypel
In office 1675–1684
Preceded by	Noël Coypel
Succeeded by	Matthieu de La Teulière
Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office 1675–1683
Monarch	Louis XIV of France
Preceded by	Antoine de Ratabon
Succeeded by	Charles Le Brun

Charles Errard (c. 1606/9–25 May 1689), also known as Charles Errard the Younger, was a French painter, draughtsman, engraver, writer, as well as co-founder and later director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. He was also the Director of the French Academy in Rome from 1666 to 1672 and again from 1675 to 1684.^[1]