"L'etat, c'est moi," proclaimed Louis XIV, often referred to as the Sun King. Yet, in an era that produced Molière and Racine, it was not only the king who wielded great power, but a retinue of confidants and advisors. This intimate collection of engravings considered the nature of images of power in 17th-century France. In a time of limited means of communication, engraved portraits of key political figures were easily circulated and helped to create national identity in a country divided by culture, religion, and dialects. Co-organized by Jeremy Fowler, former Curator of Education and Assistant Professor of French Denis D. Grele, this grouping of prints was installed in conjunction with Professor Grele's course on Versailles in the Age of Louis XIV, which examined the social and historical factors that made Versailles a focal point of aesthetic and literary trends in 17th-century France.