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Portrait of Louis XIV in Coronation Robes was painted in 1701 by the French painter Hyacinthe Rigaud after being commissioned by the king who wanted to satisfy the desire of his grandson, Philip V, for a portrait of him. Louis XIV kept it hanging at Versailles. It has since become the most recognisable portrait of the king.
The Bust of Louis XIV is a marble portrait by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.It was created in the year 1665 during Bernini's visit to Paris.This sculptural portrait of Louis XIV of France has been called the "grandest piece of portraiture of the Baroque age". [1]
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒəˈsin riˈɣaw ˈrɔz i ˈsɛrə]; 18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743), known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud (pronounced [jasɛ̃t ʁiɡo]), was a Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.
In spite of Louis's public rejection of the equestrian statue, its form inspired future royal portraits of the King, including a marble creation by Antoine Coysevox depicting Louis XIV on horseback which sits in the Salon of War at Versailles, making corrections to facial characteristics created by Bernini which the French king interpreted as a ...
The Louis XIV style or Louis Quatorze (/ ˌ l uː i k æ ˈ t ɔːr z,-k ə ˈ-/ LOO-ee ka-TORZ, - kə-, French: [lwi katɔʁz] ⓘ), also called French classicism, was the style of architecture and decorative arts intended to glorify King Louis XIV and his reign. It featured majesty, harmony and regularity.
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King Louis XIV is Apollo. (1670). The sitters are identified on the image's page at Wikimedia Commons. Jean Nocret (December 1615/17, Nancy – November 1672, Paris) was a French painter who is best known for his portraits of the French royal family. Many portraits of uncertain origin have been attributed to him.