L’œuvre de miséricorde du Roi : la statue de Louis XIV pour l’Hôtel de Ville de Paris par Antoine Coysevox, 1687-1689

This paper offers an iconographical analysis of Antoine Coysvox’s bronze statue of Louis XIV. The King authorized this new effigy during the 1687 Parisian festivities that commemorated his miraculous recovery from illness. Coysevox’s statue, revealed to the public in 1689, not only became the symbol...

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Main Author: Alexandra Woolley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA) 2012-11-01
Series:Les Cahiers de Framespa
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/framespa/1965