Portrait bust of Louis XIV

Louis XIV, one of the most influential monarchs in French history, responsible for the construction of the Palace of Versailles, compared himself to the celestial body that provides us with warmth and light. This bust, like that of Marshal Turenne, Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, was part of the Holford Collection (Dorchester House, England).
Recent studies have shown that these works were not only independent from each other but were also executed by different artists. No conclusion has yet been reached about the creator of this bust of Louis XIV, the iconography of which clearly identifies it as a portrayal of the Sun King.