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Louis XIII,
1633–34
Michel Lasne, French, 1590–1667
Jacques Callot ?, French, 1592–1635
Jacques Callot ?, French, 1592–1635
x1934-356
Like many modern European rulers, the French king Louis XIII was often portrayed on horseback, deliberately evoking equestrian sculptures from antiquity. In this celebratory work by the official royal printmaker Michel Lasne, the thirty-three-year-old monarch, accompanied by the allegorical figure of Fame, is shown posing before a panoramic battle scene. This backdrop, possibly etched by Jacques Callot himself, replicates Callot’s print of the Battle of Avigliana, which commemorated a recent French military victory over the Spanish.
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Title
Louis XIII
Dates
1633–34
Maker
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 62 × 43 cm (24 7/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-356
Place Made
Europe, France, Nancy
Inscription
Captioned in plate, lower margin: LVDOVICO DECIMO TERTIO IVSTO, ... NAVARRAE REGI CHRISTIANISSIMO.
Signed in plate, lower margin: Iussu Regis Christianissimi Michael Asinius Sculptor regius sculpit regig. obtulit anno domini millesimo sexcentesimo trigsimo quartio huius tabulae ab As. inu. et exsc. exempl. vendenda prostant in sua dome sub reg. perystilio. Cum priuilegio Regisg Christ.
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