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Antiquarianism and the visual histories of Louis XIV: artifacts for a future past


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Medals and the material turn in the king's history -- Antiquarianism at court -- The Petite Académie and the histoire métallique of Louis XIV -- The Cabinet des Médailles at Versailles -- Images inscribed and described by the Petite Académie -- The antiquarian origins of Louis XIV's medals books -- Portraiture, physiognomy, and the numismatic sensibility -- Numismatic resonances: Le Brun's cycle for the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

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    Burlington, VT, USA: Ashgate Publishing Company, [2015]


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    9781472460332


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