After a portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud., Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

Louis XIV of France The Sun King - 1701

This richly illustrated volume, the first devoted to maritime art and galley slavery in early modern France, shows how royal propagandists used the image and labor of enslaved Muslims to glorify Louis XIV. Mediterranean maritime art and the forced labor on which it depended were fundamental to the politics and propaganda of France’s King Louis XIV (r. 1643–1715).

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France [Book]

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

Hyacinthe Rigaud or the Sun Portrait

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

Louis XIV, the first face of French art and culture - Museu Carmen Thyssen Andorra

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

Hyacinthe Rigaud or the Sun Portrait

After a portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud., Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

Louis XIV of France The Sun King - 1701

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

Louis XIV of France - The Collection - Museo Nacional del Prado

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

Hyacinthe Rigaud or the Sun Portrait

THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV – Selvedge Magazine

Louis XIV – the Sun King