Three Emblems for Louis XIV

Production of Artwork · 1663 · 4 pictures

This is a set of illuminated emblem designs produced in 1663 for Louis XIV, now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, probably intended as painted presentation pages for the French court. The pictures show framed ovals of landscape set within gilded cartouches, with winged figures, eagles, griffins and drapery; a designer might take from them the layering of a central vignette inside elaborate scrolled borders, along with the restrained blue and gold palette.

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