Antoine-François (atelier d') Callet, 1786 - Portrait of Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France - fine art print

The classic art artwork Portrait of Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France was made by the artist Antoine-François (atelier d') Callet in 1786. The original version of the artwork was made with the dimensions: Height: 91,5 cm, Width: 73 cm. The original artpiece has the following text as inscrption: Registration - Sign bottom right: "In 1786 / King Louis XVI / gave his portrait / Mr Chaumont to the Millière / Intendant General of Bridges and Roads". Nowadays, this piece of art is in the the digital collection of Musée Carnavalet Paris in Paris, France. We are glad to reference that this public domain artwork is being supplied with courtesy of Musée Carnavalet Paris.The creditline of the artwork is the following: . Further, the alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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The king wears the plate and Cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Antoine-Louis Chaumont in Millière (1746-1803) directed the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées from 1781 to 1792. Louis XVI would have said that he was "the most honest man in the kingdom" and offered him twice in 1787 and in 1790, the Comptroller General of Finance, but failed to make him accept.

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