Le Brun, Charles, Paris, Schuppen, Pieter van, Promotional print with allegorical representation of Louis XIV as Jupiter, verso lower left - stamped, Louis XIV, depicted as Jupiter, aims his lightning bolts at a crouching lion below him. Neptune approaches the coastline from the sea. He stands on a chariot drawn by hippocampi. Mars, with a shield with a double-headed eagle, drives the lion further into a corner. He too, like Neptune and Jupiter, carries fasces. Stars illuminate the three figures. At the top two lines of poetry in Latin, referring to peace., print, promotional print, prints, height 353 mm, width 452 mm, French, South Netherlands, 1627-09-05 - 1702-03-07, print maker, printmaker, 1659 - 1659, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, 1619-02-24 - 1690-02-12
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Le Brun, Charles, Paris, Schuppen, Pieter van, Promotional print, allegorical representation, Louis XIV, Jupiter, verso lower, left, - stamped, depicted, aims, lightning bolts, crouching lion, Neptune approaches, coastline, sea, stands, chariot drawn, hippocampi, Mars, shield, double-headed eagle, drives, lion further, corner, too, Neptune, carries fasces, Stars illuminate, three figures, top two lines, poetry, Latin, referring, peace, print, promotional print, prints, height 353 mm, width 452 mm, French, South Netherlands, 1627-09-05 - 1702-03-07, print maker, printmaker, 1659 - 1659, paper, papier, engraving, printing process, etching, 1619-02-24 - 1690-02-12
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