Shine On: New Versailles exhibit reflects Sun King's glory
- November 01, 2009 11:14
Hundreds of long-dispersed portraits, sculptures and tapestries celebrating Louis XIV have returned to Versailles. The exhibit "Louis XIV: The Man and the King" gives visitors the 17th-century ruler in all his varied incarnations. A massive oil painting shows the cherub-faced child who ascended to the throne at age 5. Imposing marble busts extoll the steely-eyed "Louis the Great," whose iron-fisted leadership helped forge the modern French state.
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
