The Old Indies at the French Court: Johan Maurits’s Gift to Louis XIV
In 1679 Prince Johan Maurits (1604-1679), the former governor-general of Dutch Brazil, presented French King Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715) with an extravagant gift comprised of Brazilian-themed images and objects, including a set of eight cartoons by the Dutch artist Albert Eckhout (1610-1665), which wou...
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| Language: | English |
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2019-06-01
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| Series: | Early Modern Low Countries |
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| Online Access: | http://www.emlc-journal.org/articles/10.18352/emlc.89/ |