Gérard EDELINCK
1640 - 1707
Jacques-Nicolas Colbert's thesis of theology defend december the 30th of 1677 in La Sorbonne, dedicated to Louis XIV, king of France
Engraving after Charles Le Brun
1085 × 763 mm, small margins, printed on two joined sheet of paper
Fine and rare of the first state (on 3), before the suppression of the name Valenciennes up, on the flag, folds and soiling in margins
Reference: Robert-Dumesnil 259 i /iii, Annie Prouté, Thèses gravées au XVIIe siècle, mémoire de maîtrise, 1982, n° 113
This thésis presents Louis XIV on horse back, in military costume, holding a staff of autority, treding an hydra under the feet of his mount.
The Providence gets ready to crowned him, while the symbolic animals of Holland, Deutschland and Spain are pursue.