Portrait of Louis Hector, Duc de Villars, Marshal of France
by DREVET, Pierre, Engraving, 525 x 360 mm
This engraving was made after a painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud.
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis and Duc de Villars and Vicomte de Melun (1653-1734) was the last great general of Louis XIV of France and one of the most brilliant commanders in French military history, one of only six Marshals that have been promoted to Marshal General of France.