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© Château de Versailles, Dist. RMN / © Jean-Marc Manaï
21 March 1816. Two hundred years later, the Academy is still there, with the same title.
The next big step will be the celebration of the 400 years of the Academy, which our younger members will
see in 2066. They will then be in a situation to say: "
I remember the 350 years of our young Academy
."
Tempus fugit, memoria manet.
Colbert introduces the members of the "Académie des Sciences" to Louis XIV : one may recognize the King at the centre,
in red, with Colbert to his right and, facing him, the abbot du Hamel; Christiaan Huygens, who is represented full-face, is
immediately placed behind du Hamel. A painting by Henri Testelin (1616-1695)