Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 251
FIG. 47 ;. Ml iJi. \s MK.v \i<l>. lli:i\,(Museum of .\vi(,non.) cuirass, gives orders, hurls thunder-bolts; surrounded by France, Minerva.Hercules, Monsieur, Conde, and Tu-renne (Fig. 480). Confronting himare various towns bowed upon theirshields, terrified and suppliant; Spain,Holland and… … thunder-bolts. The greatgallery was meant to bethe most luxurious part ofthe palace. The decora-lion of the ceiling oc-cupied Le Brun for a longlime. When it was un-veiled, the courtiers sawihe history of the wholereign magnified by myth-ology. The king, an Im-peralor in helmet and
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