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Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Portrait of King Louis XIV, by Charles Le Brun, c. 1655.
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Louis XIII
Louis XIII, engraving by Jaspar Isac, 1633.
Courtesy of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Peter Paul Rubens: portrait of Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria, oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, 1620/25; in the Louvre Museum,...
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Jules Cardinal Mazarin
Jules Cardinal Mazarin, detail of a portrait by Philippe de Champaigne; in the Musée...
Courtesy of the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.; photograph, Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
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Nicolas de Largillière: Louis XIV and His Family
Louis XIV and His Family, oil painting by Nicolas de Largillière, 1711;...
Reproduced by permission of the trustees of the Wallace Collection, London; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
Palace of Versailles: gardens
The gardens at the Palace of Versailles, France, designed by André Le Nôtre.
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Louis XIV
King Louis XIV of France proclaiming Philip, duc d'Anjou, to be king of Spain in...
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Louis XIV
Portrait of Louis XIV, oil on canvas after Hyacinthe Rigaud, after 1701;...
J. Paul Getty Museum (object no. 70.PA.1); digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
Louis XIV
Louis XIV, detail of a portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701; in the Louvre, Paris.
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
political cartoon: siege of Paris
The spirits of Napoleon I and Louis XIV lamenting the siege of Paris in an 1870 British...
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