In Jean-Antoine Watteau's The Signboard of Gersaint, a portrait of Louis XIV is shown being placed in a storage box, because Louis

a. was not popular with the common people.
b. had criticized Watteau's work.
c. did not support the Enlightenment.
d. had recently had died.

Answer: d

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