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Louis XIV, king of France, 1638-1715 – Antique Wall Art

Louis XIV, king of France, 1638-1715, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print
Louis XIV, king of France, 1638-1715, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Louis XIV, king of France, 1638-1715, a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Louis XIV, king of France, 1638-1715

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Rather than a painted likeness, this halftone reproduces a sculpted portrait of Louis XIV, the French king whose reign ran from 1643 to 1715 and whose court at Versailles set the standard for European royal display. The record links it to the sculptor François Girardon, who worked on royal commissions for the king, and the notes say the print was used as an illustration in a publication about him. Halftone printing, which turned photographs into dots that a press could reproduce, became common in the late 1800s, so the picture is a later reproduction of an earlier work. The record does not give a date for the print itself.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
NotesIllus. in: Girardon. No reference copies. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Publ. Ind.; Sculpture.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,032 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108696

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