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
	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
	The King Governs by Himself 1681-84 Oil on canvas, 800 x 500 cm Château, Versailles
	Order Restored in the Kingdom's Finances 1681-84 Plaster, oil on wood, oil canvas, 300 x 120 cm Château, Versailles
	Capture of the City and Citadel of Gand in Six Days, 1678 1681-84 Oil on canvas, 600 x 400 cm Château, Versailles
	The Conquest of Franche-Comté c. 1674 Oil on canvas, 93 x 140 cm Musée National du Château, Versailles
	Interior view 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles
	Interior view 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles
	Interior view 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles
	Interior view 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles
	Decoration 1679-81 Photo Château, Versailles
	The Fall of the Rebel Angels before 1685 Oil on canvas, 162 x 129 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon