A charcoal sketch of a seated woman holding a sword rests behind this subject, who has his own bejeweled gold sword affixed to his waist, wears exposed white garters, and stands on red-heeled platform shoes to compensate for his short stature.
A charcoal sketch of a seated woman holding a sword rests behind this subject, who has his own bejeweled gold sword affixed to his waist, wears exposed white garters, and stands on red-heeled platform shoes to compensate for his short stature. Standing under the canopy of a gold-trimmed red curtain, he leans on a gold walking stick positioned in front of his set-aside crown, gives a detached, aloof look at the viewer from beneath his curly black wig and wears a sweeping blue robe decorated with a gold fleur de lise motif. FTP, so describes Hyacinthe Rigaud's 1701 portrait of what French monarch, nicknamed the "Sun King?"
A charcoal sketch of a seated woman holding a sword rests behind this subject, who has his own bejeweled gold sword affixed to his waist, wears exposed white garters, and stands on red-heeled platform shoes to compensate for his short stature.
{Louis XIV}