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.

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The portrait of Louis XIV being placed in a storage box suggests that he had recently died. This is because it was a common practice to remove the portraits of deceased monarchs from public display.

In Jean-Antoine Watteau's the Signboard of Gersaint,a Portrait of Louis