print
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.7260
- Title
- Object: Louis XVI
- Description
-
Portrait of Louis XVI, after Boze; half-length, turned to left, wearing embroidered jacket with badge of the order of the Saint-Esprit; in oval, against a background of horizontal lines, with below a cartouche against a background of vertical lines
Stipple
- Production date
- 1785-1792
- Dimensions
-
Height: 212 millimetres
-
Width: 131 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
-
- Curator's comments
- For comment on the series of portraits published by Vérité see 1868,0822.7272
Engraved after the famous pastel by Joseph Boze, 1785.
There are several states of the plate (see De Vinck 435 to 441); the most notable difference are the verses, which were changed depending on the historical context.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.7260