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Madame de Ventadour (governess of the royal children) with King Louis XIV of France (1638 – 1715) and his heirs. From the left: Ventadour; as a child Prince d’Anjou (later Louis XV), the eldest son of the king Grand Dauphin (grandfather d’Anjou); Louis XIV and the Duke of Burgundy (the so-called Little Dauphin, son of the Great and father of d’Anjou). Painting attributed to Nicolas de Largillière and his studio, circa 1715, London, courtesy of the Trustees of the Wallace Collection. © Château de Versailles
Louis XV as a child, aged five. Sculpture by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720), 1716, New York, The Frick Collection. © Frick Collection
Crown of Louis XV, by Augustin Duflos (ca. 1700-1771) and Claude-Laurent Rondé (?-1723), made in 1722. Paris, Musée du Louvre, Department of Objets d’art. © Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Martine Beck-Coppola
Astronomical clock of Louis XV, Claude-Siméon Passemant, Louis Dauthiau, Jacques and Philippe Caffieri, Paris, 1749-1753, Versailles, Château de Versailles © Château de Versailles, dist. RMN C. Fouin
Celestial moving globe from the royal rooms of Physique et d’Optique du Roi in Château de la Muette, Artists: Claude-Siméon Passemant, Joseph-Léonard Roque, Philippe Caffieri, Guillaume de La Haye, 1759, Paris, Paris Observatory Library. © Bibliothèque de l’Observatoire de Paris
A moving globe from the royal rooms of Physique et d’Optique du Roi in Château de la Muette, Claude-Siméon Passemant, Joseph-Léonard Roque, Philippe Caffieri, Guillaume de La Haye, 1759, Paris, Paris Observatory Library. © Bibliothèque de l’Observatoire de Paris
Tripod microscope – engineer Claude-Siméon Passemant; a bronze setting attributed to Jacques and Philippe Caffieri, sculptors and craftsmen; created under the supervision of Michel-Ferdinand d’Albert d’Ailly, Duke of Chaulnes in Paris, around 1750. © Château de Versailles, dist. RMN © Christophe Fouin
Louis XV, Armand Vincent de Montpetit, (1713-1800), painting from 1774, Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon Département des Peintures. © RMN-GP (Château de Versailles) © Jean Popovitch
Portrait of Madame Du Barry François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775), 1774, Versailles, Yvelines Chamber of Commerce and Industry. © CCI PIDF / Côme Sittler
Madame de Pompadour on a Tambour frame, François-Hubert Drouais. © The National Gallery, London
Madame de Pompadour as Friendship, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785), 1753, Paryż, Luwr, dział rzeźby. © RMN-Grand Palais (muzeum w Luwrze) / Hervé Lewandowski
Marie-Adélaïde de France, known as Madame Adélaïde, daughter of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766), around 1750, Versailles, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. © RMN-GP (Château de Versailles) © Gérard Blot
The Elephant Hunt, Parrocel Charles (1688-1752), 1736, Amiens, Musée de Picardie © RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski
Ostrich hunting, Vanloo Catie (dit), Vanloo Charles André (1705-1765), 1738, Amiens, Musée de Picardie. © RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski
Lion Hunt, Troy Jean-François de (1679-1752), 1735, Amiens, Musée de Picardie. © RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski
The right hand of the equestrian statue of Louis XV, Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762), 1758, Paris, Musée Carnavalet - History of Paris, collection of the Musée du Louvre. © RMN-Grand Palais (Louvre museum) / RMN-GP photo
Leather glove from the Damiens case (evidence presented in court), 1757, Paris, Archives nationales. © Archives Nationales
The exhibition “Louis XV. Passions d’un Roi” © EPV - Château de Versailles/Thomas Garnier
The exhibition “Louis XV. Passions d’un Roi” © EPV - Château de Versailles/Thomas Garnier
The exhibition “Louis XV. Passions d’un Roi” © EPV - Château de Versailles/Thomas Garnier
The exhibition “Louis XV. Passions d’un Roi” © EPV - Château de Versailles/Thomas Garnier
The exhibition “Louis XV. Passions d’un Roi” © EPV - Château de Versailles/Thomas Garnier
Chandelier with nine arms, with the coat of arms of Madame de Pompadour. Manufacturer: Jacques Caffieri (1678-1755) and/or Philippe Caffieri (1714-1774), c. 1750-1755, Paris, bibliothèque Mazarine. © Christophe Fouin
Decorative vase from the Meissen Four Elements workshop, Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775) and Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1695-1749), 1742, Dresden. © Porzellansammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, photo: Adrian Sauer
Dekoracyjna komoda z porcelanowymi panelami. Sèvres Royal Porcelain ManufDecorative chest of drawers with porcelain panels. Sèvres Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Martin Carlin (c. 1730-1785) and Charles-Nicolas Dodin (1734-1803), 1765 - 1772, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Objets d’art department. © RMN-Grand Palais (Louvre museum) /aktura, Martin Carlin (ok. 1730-1785) i Charles-Nicolas Dodin (1734-1803), 1765 - 1772, Paryż, Musée du Louvre, dział Objets d'art. © RMN-Grand Palais (muzeum w Luwrze) / Daniel Arnaudet
Poster for the exhibition “Louis XV. Passions d’un Roi”. Photo: Palace of Versailles
A hedonist-king who loved globes
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