Allegory of the History of the French Monarchy, Bernard Picart, 1724, History writes in her book about the true history of the French monarchy. She tramples on the allegorical figures of Mooiprattery and Satire, which lie at her feet. Next to her stands Truth. On the other side of the table the female personifications of Penmanship, Chronology and Genealogy. In the sky, Providence (Providentia) crowns the portrait of Louis XV carried by Fame. Amor holds the portrait of the infante Marianne Victoria of Bourbon, the king's then fiancée. In the foreground a putto drawing the map of France. The company is in the temple of memory which is decorated with the statues of French monarchs. In the margin the title and a six-line caption in French, in mirror image., print maker: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1724, paper, counterproof, h 390 mm × w 227 mm
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