French King Louis XIV standing with his armies ready to depart for the Netherlands, 1672. Standing on the banks of the Seine, on the site where the structure will rise, the king approves the plans for the construction of the Htel des Invalides. In the foreground a grateful war invalid with a wooden leg. In the sky, Fame blows a trumpet with the emblem of the French king, Louis XIV orders the building of 't Htel des Invalides, 1672 D, print maker: anonymous, France, 1672, paper, etching, engraving, h 555 mm × w 431 mm

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