1715 La Palatine Louis_XIV by Louis de Silvestre (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon - Versailles, Île-de-France, France)

From Wikimedia. This is an approximate translation of the German translation of the Wikimedia caption for this image, "King Louis XIV receiving the future King of Poland and Elector of Saxony III. at Fontainebleau. From 1711 to 1719 the crown prince was on his Kavallierstour through Europe. In the fall of 1714 he was at his tour stop in Paris. Right, Louis XIV, in the middle Liselotte Duchess of Orleans, left August. This was one of the last great receptions of the French King."

1715 La Palatine Louis XIV by Louis de Silvestre (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon - Versailles, Île-de-France, France)

Liselotte 's bodice and over-skirt are of very subdued black material, but her under-skirt is of lavish brocade as is the skirt of the unidentified Lady to the right. The Lady next to the right appears to be a nun.

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