Abstract
Abstract Engravings of Mohammad Reza Beg’s grand audience at Versailles showcased the connections between France and Persia. The images highlighted the Beg’s diplomatic gifts, which represented the luxurious goods that symbolized both the French and Persian crowns. The engravings further linked the Safavid and Bourbon crowns through the inclusion of symbols of royal power, such as the throne and the sword. Yet these representations also suggested Louis XIV’s semblance to an Oriental despot. The painting “Louis XIV Receives the Ambassador Mehemet Reza-Bey” shows how after the death of Louis XIV the crown distanced itself from these negative connotations raised by an association with Persia.
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