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Allegory on the Power of Louis XIV
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Print in two parts. King Louis XIV, in Roman attire, tramples a monster while the personification of Immortality crowns him and Peace takes him by the hand. An angel with a flag points to weaponry tied to a palm tree. The text on the unrolled scroll gives the main points from a philosophical treatise by J.B. Colbert de Croissy.
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Credit lineAllegorie op de macht van Lodewijk XIV. 1680. Gerard Edelinck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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