print
- Museum number
- 1938,0311.6.50
- Title
- Object: Louis le Grand Roy de France & de Navarre
- Description
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Louis XIV riding on a prancing horse, holding out his baton. 1686
Engraving
- Production date
- 1686
- Dimensions
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Height: 445 millimetres
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Width: 312 millimetres (platemark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For the album to which this belongs, see 1938,0311.6.1.
The IFF records an earlier state dated 1682, and that the portrait is taken from the painting by Houasse of c.1679.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1938
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired in 1845 (BL accession number 1845-6-30-945), and transferred to the BM in 1938. Former BL pressmark 789.g.21
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1938,0311.6.50