posing Louis XIV, Sun King, XXL
Circa 1700, Louis, the Grand Dauphin de France (1661 - 1711) and son of Louis XIV. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
1664, Louis XIV (1638 - 1715) known as 'The Sun King' giving an audience in his bed chamber to the Pope's nephew specially sent to apologise for an insult to the French ambassador in Rome. (From a Gobelin tapestry designed by the court painter Le Brun). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Louis XIV with his son the Grand Dauphin etc from a painting by Nicolas de Largilliere (1656 - 1746) in the Wallace Collection, London, circa 1700. Louis XIV (1638 - 1715) is seated, the Grand Dauphin is behind him, on the other side is his eldest granson the Duc de Bourgogne, the infant is Duc de Anjou (later Louis XV) and the lady is his governess the Duchesse de Ventadour. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Engraving shows King Louis XIV of France (1638 - 1715) (seated left at table), a patron of the arts, as he dines with French writer Moliere (1622 - 1673) (seated right at table) while his court watches, France, mid 1600s. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)
