It was in the interior of the château of Versailles that Louis XIV had to appear on the most important ceremonial occasions, it was here that he received the ambassadors of foreign powers, and it was here that the full complexity of court life was displayed. The interior decoration was oversaw by Charles Le Brun. For Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert he executed his greatest work, the royal palace of Versailles: an almost perfect ensemble of architecture, decoration and landscape.

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	View of the Galerie des Glaces 1679-87 Photo Château, Versailles	1400*929 True Color 229 Kb
	The Resolution of Louis XIV to Make War on the Dutch Republic 1671 Oil on canvas, 72 x 98 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Auxerrre	908*650 True Color 93 Kb
	The King Governs by Himself 1681-84 Oil on canvas, 800 x 500 cm Château, Versailles	1077*1500 True Color 250 Kb
	Order Restored in the Kingdom's Finances 1681-84 Plaster, oil on wood, oil canvas, 300 x 120 cm Château, Versailles	1032*1250 True Color 251 Kb
	Capture of the City and Citadel of Gand in Six Days, 1678 1681-84 Oil on canvas, 600 x 400 cm Château, Versailles	1332*1400 True Color 238 Kb
	The Conquest of Franche-Comté c. 1674 Oil on canvas, 93 x 140 cm Musée National du Château, Versailles	1298*900 True Color 154 Kb
	Interior view 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles	1300*868 True Color 212 Kb
	Interior view 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles	1300*868 True Color 223 Kb
	Interior view 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles	1400*934 True Color 239 Kb
	Interior view 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles	1100*734 True Color 175 Kb
	Decoration 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles	1000*698 True Color 163 Kb
	The Fall of the Rebel Angels before 1685 Oil on canvas, 162 x 129 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon	1000*1266 True Color 151 Kb