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REPRESENTATION DE LA STATUE DE SA MAJESTE Eslevee dans la Place de LOUIS LE GRAND le 13 Aoust 1699 c.1699
Engraving with etching | 40.7 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 617063

Pierre Lepautre (1660-1744)
REPRESENTATION DE LA STATUE DE SA MAJESTE Eslevee dans la Place de LOUIS LE GRAND le 13 Aoust 1699 c.1699
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Engraving with etching of Louis XIV, King of France. A view of an equestrian statue of Louis XIV, showing the King in classical armour on horseback, holding the reins in left hand and with right arm extended. The statue is shown mounted on a pedestal surrounded by figures in the Place Louis le Grand (now the Place Vendome). With Latin inscription on pedestal, and with further French inscription below, including the note of copyright and the publisher's address, 'Permis de Graver et debiter, deffences d'Imiter et de Contrefaire, fait a Paris ce 6 Aoust 1699 M.re le Voyer d'Argenson [...] Se Vend AParis Rue de la Harpe proche la Rue du Foin à la Ville de St Malo Chez M.elle le Pautre et Gravé par P. le Pautre Archit du Roy Avec Privilege de sa Majeste.' With a further French inscription below, printed from a separate plate.
For another impression printed without the separate inscription, see RCIN 617062. -
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Engraving with etching
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40.7 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper)
34.2 x 27.1 cm (platemark)
33.8 x 26.7 cm (image)
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