Louis XIV Visiting the Royal Academy of Sciences, Sébastien Leclerc, 1671
An engraving by sebastien le clerc from mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des animause (paris, 1671), depicting king louis xiv visting the académie des sciences. Date: 1671. Dimensions: height: 41.9 cm (16.4 in); width: 30.8 cm (12.1 in). Medium: etching print. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Académie des Sciences 1671