sentences.text: The decoration on this monumental cabinet refers to the French king Louis XIV's military victories.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: decoration
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: monumental
sentences.text: cabinet
sentences.text: refers
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: French
sentences.text: king
sentences.text: Louis
sentences.text: XIV
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: military
sentences.text: victories
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: A panel of marquetry showing the cockerel of France standing triumphant over both the eagle of the Holy Roman Empire and the lion of Spain and the Spanish Netherlands decorates the central door.
sentences.text: A
sentences.text: panel
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: marquetry
sentences.text: showing
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cockerel
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: France
sentences.text: standing
sentences.text: triumphant
sentences.text: over
sentences.text: both
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: eagle
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Holy
sentences.text: Roman
sentences.text: Empire
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: lion
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Spain
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Spanish
sentences.text: Netherlands
sentences.text: decorates
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: central
sentences.text: door
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: On the drawer above the door, gilt-bronze military trophies flank a medallion portrait of Louis XIV.
sentences.text: On
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: drawer
sentences.text: above
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: door
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: gilt-bronze
sentences.text: military
sentences.text: trophies
sentences.text: flank
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: medallion
sentences.text: portrait
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Louis
sentences.text: XIV
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In the Dutch Wars of 1672 - 1678, France fought simultaneously against the Dutch, Spanish, and Imperial armies, defeating them all.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Dutch
sentences.text: Wars
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: 1672
sentences.text: -
sentences.text: 1678
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: France
sentences.text: fought
sentences.text: simultaneously
sentences.text: against
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Dutch
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Spanish
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Imperial
sentences.text: armies
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: defeating
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: This cabinet celebrates the Treaty of Nijmegen, which concluded the war.
sentences.text: This
sentences.text: cabinet
sentences.text: celebrates
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Treaty
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Nijmegen
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: concluded
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: war
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Two large figures from Greek mythology, Hercules and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, representatives of strength and bravery in war, appear to support the cabinet.
sentences.text: Two
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: figures
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: Greek
sentences.text: mythology
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Hercules
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Hippolyta
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Queen
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Amazons
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: representatives
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: strength
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: bravery
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: war
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: appear
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: support
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cabinet
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The fleurs-de-lis on the top two drawers indicate that the cabinet was made for Louis XIV.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: fleurs-de-lis
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: top
sentences.text: two
sentences.text: drawers
sentences.text: indicate
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cabinet
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: made
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: Louis
sentences.text: XIV
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: As it does not appear in inventories of his possessions, it may have served as a royal gift.
sentences.text: As
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: does
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: appear
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: inventories
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: possessions
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: may
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: served
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: royal
sentences.text: gift
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The Sun King's portrait appears twice on this work.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Sun
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: portrait
sentences.text: appears
sentences.text: twice
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: work
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The bronze medallion above the central door was cast from a medal struck in 1661 which shows the king at the age of twenty-one.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: bronze
sentences.text: medallion
sentences.text: above
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: central
sentences.text: door
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: cast
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: medal
sentences.text: struck
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1661
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: shows
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: king
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: age
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: twenty-one
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Another medallion inside shows him a few years later.
sentences.text: Another
sentences.text: medallion
sentences.text: inside
sentences.text: shows
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: few
sentences.text: years
sentences.text: later
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The pair to this cabinet still exists in Scotland.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: pair
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: cabinet
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: exists
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Scotland
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Both cabinets probably entered England in the early nineteenth century after the French Revolution caused the dispersal of so many French collections.
sentences.text: Both
sentences.text: cabinets
sentences.text: probably
sentences.text: entered
sentences.text: England
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: early
sentences.text: nineteenth
sentences.text: century
sentences.text: after
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: French
sentences.text: Revolution
sentences.text: caused
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: dispersal
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: so
sentences.text: many
sentences.text: French
sentences.text: collections
sentences.text: .
text: The decoration on this monumental cabinet refers to the French king Louis XIV's military victories. A panel of marquetry showing the cockerel of France standing triumphant over both the eagle of the Holy Roman Empire and the lion of Spain and the Spanish Netherlands decorates the central door. On the drawer above the door, gilt-bronze military trophies flank a medallion portrait of Louis XIV. In the Dutch Wars of 1672 - 1678, France fought simultaneously against the Dutch, Spanish, and Imperial armies, defeating them all. This cabinet celebrates the Treaty of Nijmegen, which concluded the war. Two large figures from Greek mythology, Hercules and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, representatives of strength and bravery in war, appear to support the cabinet. The fleurs-de-lis on the top two drawers indicate that the cabinet was made for Louis XIV. As it does not appear in inventories of his possessions, it may have served as a royal gift. The Sun King's portrait appears twice on this work. The bronze medallion above the central door was cast from a medal struck in 1661 which shows the king at the age of twenty-one. Another medallion inside shows him a few years later. The pair to this cabinet still exists in Scotland. Both cabinets probably entered England in the early nineteenth century after the French Revolution caused the dispersal of so many French collections.