EditorialOn the occasion of the Peacetreaty of Nijmegen, 1678, King Louis XIV (center) receives foreign ambassadors. To the right of the King Mme. de Montespan and his ministers Jean-Baptiste Colbert and the Duke of Vivonne Oil on canvas, 70 x 116,5 cm, Inv. 709.
EditorialMme. de Montespan (1640-1707), mistress of Louis XIV. and her children by the king. Six of her eight children survive and are legitimized by their father; a daughter, Mlle. de Blois, later marries Philippe d'Orleans, the future regent. Canvas.
EditorialOn the occasion of the Peacetreaty of Nijmegen, 1678, King Louis XIV (center) receives foreign ambassadors. To the right of the King Mme. de Montespan and his ministers Jean-Baptiste Colbert and the Duke of Vivonne Oil on canvas, 70 x 116,5 cm, Inv. 709.