Print, The Exposition of the Holy Sacrament, Attended by Louis XIV and His Mother, Anne of Austria

Stefano della Bella

ca. 1650

engraving with black ink on white paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Horizontal rectangle. Before a columned ediface, surmounted by a crown, in which is a chapel, the procession of the Host approaches from the left. Behind the priests is seen the young Louis XIV and his mother, Anne of Austria, and many other figures. Below, a dedication and six line inscription. Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop