Kneeling statue of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1619-83, French minister under King Louis XIV and Navy Controller General, detail, from the Tomb of Colbert, designed 1687 by Charles Lebrun, 1619-90, in the Chapelle Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, in the Eglise Saint-Eustache, built 1532-1637 in late Gothic style with Renaissance details, at Les Halles, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The tomb was commissioned by Colbert's widow in 1685. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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