The Separation of Lewis the Sixteenth, from His Family (Le Seperation de Louis Seize, de sa Famille)
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Title: The Separation of Lewis the Sixteenth, from His Family (Le Seperation de Louis Seize, de sa Famille)
Artist:
After Charles Benazech (British, London 1767–1794 London)
Engraver:
Anthony Cardon (British, Brussels 1772–1813 London)
Publisher:
Colnaghi, London , (late Torre's)
Sitter:
Louis XVI, King of France (French, Versailles 1754–1793 Paris)
Sitter:
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (French (born Austria), Vienna 1755–1792 Paris)
Sitter:
Princess Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (French, 1778–1851)
Date: 1794
Medium: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:
Image: 12 3/8 × 16 15/16 in. (31.5 × 43 cm)
Sheet: 16 7/16 × 18 11/16 in. (41.7 × 47.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Olga Sichel and Max Philippson, 1962
Object Number: 62.557.178
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