Absolute authority: chin up, proud bust, and a contemptuous attitude, the Sun King rules.
Immortalized in a 7-meter high monumental sculpture by Francois Girardon (1699), the Louis XIV Cheval took centre stage in Place Vendme before the statue was raised to the ground, in 1792, during the French Revolution. Today a resident of the Muse du Louvre, the bust still stands tall, reproduced on a smaller scale.
An iconic royal figure and messenger of larT la franaise, Louis XIV now looks over Cire Trudons collection of busts.