In Henri Testelin's Jean-Baptiste Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Science to Louis XIV, why does Louis look out of place amid the scientific dignitaries and instruments?
a. He looks bewildered by the instruments.
b. He is the image of ostentatious excess.
c. He is much shorter than the scientists.
d. He is rendered obsolete by the scientists.
Answer: b
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