Absolution posters & prints

The Confession Domenico di Niccolo dei Cori

Tannhauser confesses his sins to Pope Urban IV German School

The glorification of Louis XIV Antoine Coypel

Order restored in the Kingdoms finances, 1662, 1680s Charles Le Brun

Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour François Boucher

Marie Antoinette Edward Matthew Ward

Remissio Peccatorum, from the Allegories on the Christian Creed, 1598 Hendrik Goltzius

Louis XIV offers the Madonna a crown and sceptre, c. 1643 Anonymous

Guatemalan Lilies, Absolutely Fabulous Set, 1994 Hilary Simon

The King governs by himself, 1661, 1680s Charles Le Brun

French Caricature on Absolutism of Kings Anonymous

Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV René-Antoine Houasse

Tetzel Selling Indulgences, 1882 Anonymous

Oxford: The Freshman and His Parents, Beginning Residence: Arrival of Absolute Necessities Anonymous

The conquest of Cambrai on April 18, 1677 Charles Le Brun

Letter of indulgence offered by Albert, archbishop of Mainz, on the authority of Pope Leo X, 1517 Anonymous

Scene from the Rivals at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, Mr. John Clarke As Bob Acres, and Mr. Charles Harcourt... Anonymous

Portrait of the King Louis XV Armand-Vincent de Montpetit

Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan Pierre Mignard

Louis XIV and his Court on a Promenade in the Gardens of Versailles Etienne Allegrain

Portrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France François de Troy

Portrait of Louis XIV Holding the Plan for the Maison Royale de Saint-Louis at Saint-Cyr Nicolas-René Jollain

Louis XVI received at Reims the homage of the Knights of the Holy Spirit, 13 June 1775 Gabriel François Doyen

Louis XIV, King of France, 1702 Hyacinthe François Honoré Rigaud

Françoise dAubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, ca 1694 Pierre Mignard

The Mariner begs the Hermit to give him absolution from his sin Gustave Dore

The coronation of Louis XV in the Rheims Cathedral, 25 October 1722 Pierre-Denis II Martin

Marie Antoinette Being Taken to Her Execution on 16 October 1793, 1794 William Hamilton

Travel kit (Nécessaire de voyage) of Queen Marie Antoinette of France Anonymous

Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Mid of the 18th cen Anonymous

The Absolute Last Straw Jeanette Lassen

Der Bapstesel zu Rom (The Papal Ass or The Pope Ass of Rome), 1523 Anonymous

Anna of Austria with her children, praying to the Holy Trinity with Saints Benedict and Scholastica Philippe de Champaigne

Satire on the sale of indulgences, before 1536 Anonymous

Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour, ca 1758 François Boucher

Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette with a Pearl Necklace, 1792 François Dumont