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El elefante de Luis XIV (1664 aprox.-1681 en Versalles) fue un regalo del rey de Portugal a Luis XIV, rey de Francia, y es considerado el único elefante africano de probada existencia en Europa entre 1483 y 1862.
20 de jul. de 2021 · From the Palace of Versailles, King Louis XIV commanded not only the kingdom of France but also the kingdom of animals. In the world-famous gardens, he created an extraordinary menagerie of beasts, a living, breathing allegory for the Sun King’s power over all he surveyed.
The animals in the menagerie were also a great source of inspiration for the artists of the time: they helped Claude Perrault with his Natural History, as well as serving the Royal Academy of Sciences as subjects for dissections and, later, Louis XV and Louis XVI, in their naturalism pursuits.
Louis XIV's elephant (born around 1664 and died in 1681 at the Château de Versailles) was a gift from the King of Portugal to Louis XIV, King of France. It is the only African elephant recorded in Europe between 1483 and 1862.
20 de may. de 2024 · Louis XIV, king of France (1643–1715) who ruled his country during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age. He extended France’s eastern borders at the expense of the Habsburgs and secured the Spanish throne for his grandson.
The royal menagerie was a source of great pride to Louis XIV, who had it constructed in the early days of Versailles. It was populated with animals that most Europeans had never seen before, often gifts from ambassadors: lions, tigers, lynx, camels, llamas, ostriches, flamingos, gazelles….
The Courtiers’ Anatomists is about dead bodies and live animals in Louis XIV’s Paris--and the surprising links between them. Examining the practice of seventeenth-century anatomy, Anita Guerrini reveals how anatomy and natural history were connected through animal dissection and vivisection.
