Louis XVI, Roi de France

1783

Pierre Adrien Le Beau after Benedict Alphonse Nicolet

Associated Names
Pierre Adrien Le Beau

Artist, French, 1748 - 1800 or after

Benedict Alphonse Nicolet

Artist After, French, 1743 - 1806

The image shows a man in a profile view facing right. He has detailed facial features with a prominent nose and full face. His hair is styled in an 18th-century fashion with curls and tied at the back with a ribbon. He is wearing a lavish garment with intricate patterns, a high collar, a sash across his shoulder embellished with a decorative tassel and a fur cape draped over his shoulder. The man also wears visible jewelry, including a decorative badge or medallion. The background is plain and textured, emphasizing the subject of the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.2 x 21.5 cm (10 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.1 x 22.3 cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.57.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700), no. 74

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John O' Brien, Charlestown, WV; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Inventaire du Fonds Français, Graveurs du XIIIe siècle. Paris, 1930 - 1977.

Inscriptions

lower center in image: LOUIS XVI. ROI DE FRANCE... / Pour ne souger qu'au boubeur des français / B.D. / Publié pour la Paix de 1783. la 8. e année de son Regne / A paris chez Jean, Rue St. Jean de Beauvais, No. 10; lower left in plate: Dessiné par B. A. Nicollet; lower right in plate: fait par Lebeau, Graveur de Monseigneur le Duc de Chatres
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Wikidata ID

Q76355251

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