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Louis XIV falls ill after eating hard Spanish nuts, 1706
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Louis XIV falls ill after eating hard Spanish nuts, 1706

1706 - 1707 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Satirical print on the French king Louis XIV who falls ill after eating too hard Spanish nuts, 1706. The mistresses lean over the king, in the background weeping children and grandchildren of the king. On both sides of the print a verse of 1 column in Dutch and French. Part of a series of 19 satirical prints on the French and their allies from the year 1706.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
cartoonprintLouise de La Vallière (hertogin)Madame de Maintenonpatient, sick person
Credit lineLodewijk XIV valt ziek neer na het eten van harde Spaanse noten, 1706. 1706 - 1707. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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