text: **Patronage of the arts**
  
  Louis generously supported the royal court of France and those who worked under him. He brought the Académie Française 
  under his patronage and became its "Protector". He allowed Classical French literature to flourish by protecting such writers as 
  Molière, Racine, and La Fontaine, whose works remain influential to this day. Louis also patronised the visual arts by funding and 
  commissioning artists such as Charles Le Brun, Pierre Mignard, Antoine Coysevox, and Hyacinthe Rigaud, whose works became 