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Portraits de Louis le Grand graves suivant ses differents ages MDCCIV // [Portraits of Louis the Great, following his different ages, 1704].
1703
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- Publisher
- 1703.
- People
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- Related Name
- Benoist, Antoine, 1632-1717
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Portraits, French—18th century
- Louis XIV King of France 1638-1715—Portraits
- Boys—France—17th century—Portraits
- Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)—France—18th century—Specimens
- France—Kings and rulers—17th century—Portraits
- France—Kings and rulers—18th century—Portraits
- Pavillon, Étienne 1632-1705
- Authors, French—17th century—In art
- Poets, French—17th century—In art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Portraits de Louis le Grand graves suivant ses differents ages MDCCIV // [Portraits of Louis the Great, following his different ages, 1704].
- Call Number
- A Middle 40/Drawer 06/GC077/Half Folio/18th c. GA 2012.01433
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc7s75ds52q
- Publisher
- 1703.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1703
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 66.8 x 49.5 cm.
- References
- Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'le-de-France
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Inscribed in plate, lower center: "Dans ave ces portraits on voit Louis egalement. // Il ne reste plus pour sa gloire // Qu'a trouver un autheur qui puisse dans l'histoire".
- Inscribed in plate, lower right: "Le peindre aussy fidelement. Pavillon F. 1703".
- Signed in plate, lower center: "A Benoist eques pinxit".
- Depiction: Ten bust profile portraits of Louis XIV at various ages, starting with childhood, arranged in cartouche.
- Artist information: Attributed to Simonneau according to 19th-century articles regarding portraits by Benoist.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Portraits, French—18th century
- Louis XIV King of France 1638-1715—Portraits
- Boys—France—17th century—Portraits
- Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)—France—18th century—Specimens
- France—Kings and rulers—17th century—Portraits
- France—Kings and rulers—18th century—Portraits
- Pavillon, Étienne 1632-1705
- Authors, French—17th century—In art
- Poets, French—17th century—In art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/58b40fb3-1e65-44cc-81b6-f51903b4d42f/manifest