La Franche Comté Conquise pour la Seconde Fois (Franche-Comté Conquered for the Second Time)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1681–84
name: label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the elder, French, 1688–1754
label: Print Maker
content: Louise-Magdeleine Hortemels, French, 1686 - 1767
label: After
content: Charles Le Brun, French, 1619–1690
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Within a decorative interior wall panel, figural scene depicting the battle for the territory of la Franche Comté, showing France conquering the region from Spain. The figure of King Louis XIV stands victorious and immobile on rocks wearing elaborate armor at left. Grieving women in the lower part of the composition represent the conquered cities of the region. Mars, God of War, drags them to the foreground; he carries their coats of arms identifying the cities the women represent. In the background, Hercules and Minerva climb a rock symbolizing the citadel of Besançon. Engraving after a painting by Charles Le Brun at the palace of Versailles.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1896-31-37
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.7 × 39 cm (11 11/16 × 15 3/8 in.)