Decoration for a Masked Ball Given by the King, 1746, Charles-Nicolas Cochin, père; Artist: After Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, French, 1688 - 1754, 18 7/8 x 30 1/2 in. ( x cm) (plate)19 5/8 x 32 1/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Etching and engraving, France, 18th century, Louis XV held this masked ball for the wedding of his son, the sixteen-year-old Dauphin, to his cousin, the Spanish Infanta Marie-Thérèse-Raphaèle, on February 26, 1745. It was reportedly one of the grandest parties ever staged at Versailles. The Hall of Mirrors is filled to capacity and glitters with the light

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