Madame de Sévigné[282]
From the painting by Pietro Mignard in the Uffizi Gallery,
Florence. (Photograph by Alinari.)

View of the Palace and Gardens of the Tuileries[330]
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1673.

View of the Residence of Colbert, Showing also his Seal[332]
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1675.

View of the Château of Versailles, Showing The
Fountain of the Dragon[334]
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1676.

Duchesse de la Vallière and her Children[336]
From the painting by P. Mignard in the possession of the
Marquise d'Oilliamson.

Louise de la Vallière, in the Garb of the Order
of the Carmelites[338]
After the painting by D. Plaats.

Madame de Maintenon[340]
After the painting by P. Mignard in 1694.


LOUIS XIV. AND LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE