REPRESENTATION DE L’ARRIVÉE DE SA MAJESTÉ LOUIS XV EN LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG Le 5. Octobre 1744 par la Route et Porte de Saverne
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-208-3
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
This vibrant print, titled *Représentation de l’Arrivée de Sa Majesté XV en la Ville de Strasbourg Le 5 Octobre 1744 par la Route Porte de Saverne*, a momentous royal procession in 1744. Created by French artist Johann Martin Weis just a year later in 1745, it commemorates King Louis XV’s grand entry into Strasbourg via the Saverne Gate, a symbolically charged event amid the War of the Austrian Succession., long a border city contested between France and the Holy Roman Empire, symbolized French prestige under the Bourbon monarchy, and such depictions helped foster national pride and loyalty. ...