Five gentlemen, grouped around a table, toast the king. One page is replenishing a wine glass while another stands in attendance. Set in a renaissance chimney piece in the right background is a marble bust of henri iv of france. The wall at the left is covered with crimson fabric decorated with fleurs-de-lys and emblazoned with the arms of france and navarre. Discernible on the lace-covered table is a chinese pheasant that is being served in its skin. A large copper wine cooler dominates the right foreground. Date: circa 1861. Place of creation: Spain. Dimensions: height: 31.8 cm (12.5 in); width: 41 cm (16.1 in). Medium: mahogany, oil on panel. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Florent Willems - The Health of the King - Walters 3750
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