Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre

After Louis Simon Boizot French

Sitter Louis XVI, King of France French

1783

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre
Artist: After Louis Simon Boizot (French, Paris 1743–1809 Paris)
Sitter: Louis XVI, King of France (French, Versailles 1754–1793 Paris)
Date: 1783
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 7 5/16 x 4 15/16 in. (18.5 x 12.6 cm)
sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 7/16 in. (29.9 x 21.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1956
Object Number: 56.558.64
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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