Absolutism Gallery

L'Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698 (etching)

3740392 L'Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698 (etching) by Leclerc, Sebastien the Elder (1637-1714); 25.3x38.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Dedicated to Louis XIV, this work by Le Clerc is a compilation of the activities that took place at the Academie de Peinture et de Sculpture and the Academie des Sciences.
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Demolition of the Chateau of Meudon, 1806 (oil on canvas)

3492933 Demolition of the Chateau of Meudon, 1806 (oil on canvas) by Robert, Hubert (1733-1808); 113.3x146 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; (add.info.: Bought in 1695 by Louis XIV for the Dauphin and expanded by him, the Chateau Neuf between Paris and Versailles was looted in the French Revolution and demolished in 1803. The pink marble columns went to decorate the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in front of the Tuileries, and the stone columns to the Palais du Luxembourg.
This painting is a somewhat fictional representation of the event); French, out of copyright

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Portrait of Louis XIV, c.1701 (oil on canvas)

3077109 Portrait of Louis XIV, c.1701 (oil on canvas) by Rigaud, Hyacinthe (1659-1743) (after); 289.6x159.1 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; (add.info.: la€™etat, ca€™est moia€ (a€œI am the statea€)); French, out of copyright

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