View of Rochefort Harbour from the Magasin des Colonies is an oil on canvas landscape painting by the French artist Claude-Joseph Vernet, from 1762. It is held at the Louvre, in Paris.
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Joseph Vernet
Louis XV
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Louis XV, known as Louis the Beloved, was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity in 17
Portrait by Louis-Michel van Loo, c. 1763
The infant Louis with his governess, grandfather, great-grandfather and father, and the busts of Henry IV and Louis XIII in the background. Madame de Ventadour holds her charge's reins. The portrait, painted for her, commemorates her part in saving the dynasty.
Cours des principaux fleuves et rivières de l'Europe, or "Courses of the main rivers of Europe", composed & printed by Louis XV, aged 8. Education of the young king included geography and printing.
Lit de justice held by young Louis XV; his governess, the only woman in the assembly, sits next to him