Tomb of Louis XVI and his family, with hidden silhouettes
Artwork Details
- Title: Tomb of Louis XVI and his family, with hidden silhouettes
- Artist: Anonymous (Morinet)
- Artist: After Claude Louis Desrais (French, Paris 1746–1816 Paris)
- Subject: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (French (born Austria), Vienna 1755–1792 Paris)
- Subject: Louis XVI, King of France (French, Versailles 1754–1793 Paris)
- Subject: Louis XVII (French, Versailles 1785–1795 Paris)
- Publisher: Jean-Baptiste Genty (French, born Andonville, Loiret, 1770, active until 1830)
- Date: 1793–1800
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 13 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (33.7 × 22.3 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/16 × 11 9/16 in. (43.7 × 29.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Martin, 1938
- Object Number: 38.145.436
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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