The Separation of Lewis the Sixteenth, from His Family
Artwork Details
- Title: The Separation of Lewis the Sixteenth, from His Family
- Engraver: Luigi Schiavonetti (Italian, Bassano del Grappa 1765–1810 London)
- Artist: After Charles Benazech (British, London 1767–1794 London)
- Publisher: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
- 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: Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy, Dauphin of France (French, Versailles 1785–1795 Paris)
- Sitter: Princess Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (French, 1778–1851)
- Date: 1793
- Medium: Stipple engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 20 in. × 24 15/16 in. (50.8 × 63.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1956
- Object Number: 56.558.8
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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