The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 271
ows of the royal galleys. He was notemployed on the sumptuous decorationsof Versailles, where Girardons empty 251 THE STORY OF ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES talent triumphed. His works have acharacter of severe and haughty gran-deur, the impress of a solitary life de-voted to art, and of the noble… … FIG. 486.—BOULLF. CABINET. (P;iiace of Versailles.) Louis XIV. was not content with theinstitution of official painting and sculp-ture. He wished even the industrialarts to bear the imprimatur of hismajesty, and in 1661 he founded theGobelins manufactory, where not only carpets and hangings were…
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