Roman timpanists Head hunt and ring race, done by the King and by the princes and lords of his court, in the Year M. DC. LXII [1662] Author: Charles Perrault (1628-1703) Draughtsman: Henri Gissey (1621-1673) Engravers: Israël Silvestre (1621-1691), François Chauveau (1613-1676), Jean Le Paultre (1618-1682), Gilles Rousselet (1610-1686) Painter: Jacques Ist Bailly (1629-1679) ; personal copy of Louis XIV painted in gouache, heightened with gold and silver Versailles, Bibliothèque Municipale, Res grd fol A 21 m (a)
The quadrille of Romans was associated with the colour purple, the sun and diamonds.
