BUST OF LOUIS XIV IN MEDAL Paris or Nancy, by Lorraine sculptors, between 1690 and 1715 Saint Lucy's wood on an oak background covered with silk Very good state of preservation Diameter: 24.5 cm Inscribed with the royal cipher: Ludovicus Magnus Gallorum Imperator - LL interlaced Provenance Former private collection Galerie Étienne Lévy Private collection, Paris This bas-relief portrait of "Louis the Great, Emperor of the Gauls", shows the profile of the King in bust, in ceremonial armor, on a pedestal with his figure. The whole rests on a console with volutes from which two laurel branches intermingle with a phylactery. The bas-relief is carved in a wild cherry tree known as Saint Lucia wood, of a reddish-brown colour, characteristic of the Meuse forests. This commemorative object was made by sculptors from Lorraine, active in Nancy or Paris in the Foullon circle. It is circumscribed by a moulded frame, carved with a frieze of foliage dotted with flowers and underlined by a laurel cord punctuated with flowers. Additional information given by the collector is accessible by QR Code in the PDF.