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Deceptive peace proposals of Louis XIV
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Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within a legend. Reverse: Louis XIV sitting on a chair under which a snake crawls, fishing with a rod to which a paper with the inscription PAX hangs on the Dutch, who are warned by Minerva. In the midst of the Dutch stands a man with a lily on the back of his jacket and snakes on his head, within a legend; section: inscription.
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Credit lineBedrieglijke vredesvoorstellen van Lodewijk XIV. 1693. Jan Smeltzing (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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