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Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and the Dauphin

French 18th Century, after Augustin de Saint-Aubin, after Piat Joseph Sauvage

late 18th century/early 19th century

Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and the Dauphin by French 18th Century, after Augustin de Saint-Aubin, after Piat Joseph Sauvage

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 26.5 × 18.5 cm (10 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.) plate: 25.8 × 17.8 cm (10 3/16 × 7 in.) image: 20.1 × 13.6 cm (7 15/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Rena M. Hoisington in honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli

Accession Number

2020.150.1

Art Historical Context

This delicate etching and engraving on laid paper captures a poignant moment with King Louis XVI, Queen Marieoinette, and their young Dauphin, Louis-Charles, rendered in the style of French 18th-century portraiture. Created in the late 18th or early 19th century an anonymous French artist after designs by Piat Joseph Sauvage and Augustin de Saint-Aubin, it exemplifies the era's reproductive printmaking, which allowed royal images to circulate widely among the public despite political upheaval. The print's timing aligns with the French Revolution (1789–1799), a period when depictions of the Bo...

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