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Louis XV

Augustin-Oudart Justina French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

The young king would have worn sparkling, bejeweled ensembles like this one only when receiving overseas embassies. Louis XV succeeded his great-grandfather as king of France at the age of five, in 1715, about two years before Justina painted this formal portrait.

Louis XV, Augustin-Oudart Justina (French, died 1743), Oil on canvas

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© RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY, photo by Christophe Fouin