Landscape with hidden silhouettes of Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin

Subject Marie Antoinette, Queen of France French, born Austria
Subject Louis XVII French
1794–1815
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Landscape with hidden silhouettes of Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin
  • Artist: Anonymous , French, late 18th century
  • Subject: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (French (born Austria), Vienna 1755–1792 Paris)
  • Subject: Louis XVII (French, Versailles 1785–1795 Paris)
  • Date: 1794–1815
  • Medium: Pen and ink and gray wash
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/16 × 2 7/16 in. (6.2 × 6.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.558.75
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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