Building of Versailles

In the center foreground a group of architects, including Mansart discuss a plan. The figure in black wearing the riband and star of the Order of the Holy Ghost is almost certainly Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who, together with Louis XIV, was the chief arbiter of taste in France during his time in office. Above in the center is a coach approaching the palace: this might well be conveying Louis XIV after having inspected building progress.