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Louis XVI

Louis Simon Boizot French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Visitors commented on the king’s apparent good nature, which Boizot ably expressed in this bust, a departure from an official, idealized portrait. Marie Antoinette commissioned this work as well as a companion piece of her brother, Emperor Joseph II of Austria, to commemorate the latter’s 1777 visit. Their informal appearance relates to the fact that they were intended for display in the Petit Trianon, the queen’s private retreat.

Louis XVI, Louis Simon Boizot (French, Paris 1743–1809 Paris), Marble

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