Louis XIV, 1638 - 1715. King of France
About this artwork
This fine engraving shows Louis in the second year of his personal reign as King of France. His reign as an absolute monarch would last over seventy-two years. During this time Louis ardently supported the arts with literature and the visual arts flourishing through funding and commissioning. He also converted a hunting lodge into what is now the outstanding Palace of Versailles and, in 1682, moved there with his government. The final decades of his reign were marked by conflict including the War of the League of Augsburg (1688-1697) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714).
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artist:Pieter Louis van SchuppenFlemish (1627 - 1702)
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title:Louis XIV, 1638 - 1715. King of France
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date created:1662
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after:Nicolas MignardFrench (1606 - 1668)
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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measurements:26.67 x 18.42 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by William Finlay Watson 1886
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accession number:FP III 78.1
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Pieter Louis van Schuppen
Pieter Louis van Schuppen
Van Schuppen trained as an engraver in his home town of Antwerp. He then travelled to Paris where he became a pupil of French engraver, Robert Nanteuil. He engraved portraits and historical subjects after various masters.
