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Louis XV
Augustin-Oudart Justina French
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.