Unique chess set, made in bronze by "lost wax casting" process, finished using gold 24 karat. Each piece is signed by the sculptor. The chessboard is made in onyx and bronze with a frame in bronze and gold. Stools in bronze with soft velvet seat. The great "Sun King" began in the second half of the 17th century. an absolute and personal government in France with the collaboration of its ministers. The kingdom expanded, acquiring Alsace, Flanders and France Comté, but the ambitious will of Louis XIV was fully manifested also in internal politics: he increasingly centralized the power of the monarchy, persecuted protestants and jansenists and fought with the Papacy for the autonomy of the Gallican Church. His name is closely linked to the culture of the time which he encouraged with the construction of academies and the protection of the arts, not to mention the splendid court of Versailles. He worked hard enough to intrinsically link his fame to the century in which he lived, what the French, rightly, call the "century of Louis XIV" or "Great Century".