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Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619-1683 by #1337016

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Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619-1683 by #1337016
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Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619-1683 by Mary Beale </em></td>
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert (August 29, 1619 ? September 6, 1683) served as the French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from the brink of bankruptcy. Historians note that, despite Colbert's efforts, France actually became increasingly impoverished because of the King's excessive spending on wars. Colbert worked to create a favourable balance of trade and increase France's colonial holdings. Historians of mercantilism consider Colbert a key figure.

Colbert's market reforms included the importation of Venetian glass and Flemish cloth manufacturing to France. He also founded a royal tapestry works at Beauvais. Colbert worked to improve the economy via tariffs and the construction of internal improvements. In regard to foreign markets, Colbert aimed to ensure that the French East India Company could obtain coffee, cotton, dyewoods, fur, pepper, and sugar. In addition, Colbert founded a French merchant marine.

Colbert issued more than 150 edicts to regulate the guilds. One such law had the intention of improving the quality of cloth. The edict declared that if the authorities found a merchant's cloth unsatisfactory on three separate occasions, they were to tie him to a post with the cloth attached to him.


Colbert's father and grandfather operated as merchants in his birthplace of Reims, France. He claimed to have Scottish ancestry. ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:17th Century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Mary Beale</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:30</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:25</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619-1683 by</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Traditional</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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