Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Louis XVI, King of France

Date: c. 1777 - c. 1789
Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
Institution: Rijksmuseum
Object ID: SK-A-3278

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Duplessis painted the first version of this portrait in 1777. Although the king wears his principal chivalric orders, he is portrayed in relatively simple attire and assumes an informal pose. This portrait found great favour, and Duplessis was repeatedly commissioned to copy it. This likeness was thus widely disseminated and hung in government buildings and palaces, among other places.

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18th-19th Century European Portrait Miniatures
These objects are predominantly portrait miniatures and small-scale portrait paintings from Central European and Russian courts, created between the 18th and 19th centuries using techniques such as watercolor on ivory, g
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