File:René Descartes i samtal med Sveriges drottning, Kristina.jpg

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English: Queen Christina of Sweden (left) and René Descartes (right). Detail from René Descartes i samtal med Sveriges drottning, Kristina.

Español: Descartes en la Corte de la reina Cristina de Suecia (detalle), Pierre Louis Dumesnil. Museo nacional de Versailles.

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18th century painting and its 1884 copy

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Pierre Louis Dumesnil (1698-1781); 1884 copy by Nils Forsberg

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