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Louis XIV
Antoine Coysevox French
Coysevox represented Louis XIV as few of his subjects or foreign tourists would have encountered him: dressed in armor. The king’s serene features below the long wig convey the majesty of an official portrait. By 1693 the imposing bust had been placed in a niche on the north wall of the Ambassadors’ Staircase used by overseas diplomats at Versailles. The bust left no doubt whose palace they had just entered.
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