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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

anonymous · 1706 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

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

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Satire on the French King Louis XIV falling ill after eating too hard Spanish nuts, 1706. The mistresses lean over the king. Text in two columns in Dutch and French on either side of the print. Satire on the situation in 1706 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Part of a series of 25 satires on the French and their allies from 1706.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cartoonprintLouise de La Vallière (hertogin)Madame de MaintenonSpaanse Successieoorlog
Credit lineLodewijk XIV valt ziek na het eten van harde Spaanse noten, 1706. 1706. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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