Louis XVI
Charles Clément Bervic, French, 1756 - 1822
after Antoine Francois Callet, French, 1741 - 1823
1790
Engraving on wove paper
Impression: 27 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (69.2 × 52.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.960.86.1
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower left: Peint par Callet Peintre du Roi; lower right: Grave en 1790 par Bervic, Graveur du Roi; lower center: LOUIS SEIZE / ROI DES FRANCAIS, RESTAURATEUR DE LA LIBERTE. / PRESENTE AU ROI et a L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE, Par L'Auteur / Se Vend a Paris, chez Bervic, aux Galleries du Louvre
Course History
REL 60, Reformations: Protestant and Catholic, Catherine Randall, Fall 2013
HIST 47, The French Revolution, Darrin McMahon, Spring 2019
Exhibition History
Baroque Portraits, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 21, 1975-January 11, 1976.
Provenance
Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1960.
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