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1966.131.2.b

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Louis XIV

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Artist

Antoine Benoist (1632 - 1717)

Title

Louis XIV

Creation Date

1706

Century

18th century

Dimensions

3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.2.b

Object Description

259 LOUIS XIV, Portrait Bust at Age Sixty-Eight 1706

Obv. Bust to right. Around, LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS . ; below, incised, ABenoist. Eques ad Vivum F.
Rev. Inscription, VOTUM GALLIAE | SIT MIHI REX TALIS SEMPER | ET ISTE DIU . | ANN . DOM . M . DCC . VI . AET . LXVIII . | REG . LXIIII .
Bronze, 88 mm.

Bibl.: Houston, no. 186 (with different rev.).