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Summary

Artist
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Title
Deutsch: Der französische König Louis XIV. 1667 bei der Gründung des Pariser Observatoriums.
English: French king Louis XIV at the founding ceremony of the Parisian observatory in 1667.
Date 1667
Medium painting
Dimensions Unknown
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Source/Photographer La Varende, Jean de: Louis XIV, Paris : Éditions France-Empire, 1958.

Original Uploader was Louis le Grand ( talk) at 22:11, 26. Jan 2005.


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