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Object Type
Museum number: 1861,1012.102
Description: Apotheosis of Louis XVI; whole-length, wearing ermine robes, ascending into heavens; in the lower left corner, his queen Marie Antoinette and his sister Elisabeth emerging from the clouds; on the right his son the dauphin; etched state 1814 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux; After: Charles Abraham Chasselat
School/style
Production date: 1814
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 248 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 173 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The plate was finished by J. L. Ribault. The lettered state is dated 1814 on plate.
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (37) (under Duplessi-Bertaux); De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (5216)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre; Portrait of: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre; Portrait of: Princess Élisabeth of France; Portrait of: Louis XVII, King of France and Navarre
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1861
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1861,1012.102

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