The Reception of Cornelis Hop (1685-1762) as Legate of the States-General at the Court of Louis XV, 24 July 1719
Painter: Louis-Michel Dumesnil
Year:
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Medium: oil on canvas
Description: Reception of Cornelis Hop as envoy of the States General at the court of Louis XV, King of France, on July 24, 1719. The king, as a child, stands before the throne, with behind him the Regent, Marshal Villeroy and Cardinal de Fleury. Between the Dutch delegation, in the foreground, the secretary Ruysch. The reception takes place in the Grand Cabinet de l'ancien appartement d'été of Anna of Austria in the Louvre, decorated with paintings.