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Object Type
print
Museum number
Bb,8.248
Title
Object:
Maria Antonia Delphina Franciae, nata Archid. Austriae...
Description
Portrait of Marie Antoinette when Dauphine of France, after Miltiz: half-length, turned to the left and looking towards the viewer, in oval set within lattice arbour, and with at the bottom two winged figures joining hands above a globe. c.1770 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Johann Esaias Nilson
After:
Johann Michel Militz
Published by:
Johann Esaias Nilson
School/style
German
Production date
1770
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Augsburg
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
230 millimetres
Width:
162 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
A pair to a portrait of Louis XVI (Bb,10.482 ) when Dauphin;the iconography, with the two figures joining hands above a globe reading 'Germania' and 'Gallia', alludes to their mariage in 1770.
Bibliographic references
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(79)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Carl Ehrenbert, Baron von Moll
(L.1818)
Acquisition date
1818
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Bb,8.248