Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 The Cardinal is seated on

The Cardinal is seated on a rather small and worried-looking ass and is readily identifiable by the 'cross keys' symbol

gazing forward

Three children stranded on a rock hail a boat on the horizon

The 'Baddie' (darker clothes is Dean Dawson

Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 The Cardinal is seated onDesk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris, 1911 1912. Bureau du Roi Louis XV, cylinder desk in French transitional Louis XV XVI style. Designed by Jean Francois Oeben, the master cabinet maker of the French royal arsenal and completed in 1769 by his successor, Jean Henri Riesener, in 1769. A print from The Book of Decorative Furniture its Form, Colour and History, Volume II by Edwin Foley, TC and EC Jack Ltd, London, 1911 1912.