Lot no. 20
Antoine François CALLET (Paris, 1741-1823) after : Portrait of Louis XVI in coronation costume Gouache on paper 71 x 52 cm. Gilded wooden frame decorated with water leaves and fleur-de-lys. 87 x 68 cm Related works: There are many versions of this full-length and three-quarter portrait by Callet and Callet and his studio. Among the most famous are - Portrait de Louis XVI en costume de sacre, canvas, 246 x 192 cm, exhibited under number 63 at the Salon of 1789 (Clermont-Ferrand, Musée Bargoin). - Portrait de Louis XVI en costume de sacre, canvas, 278 x 196 cm, Versailles, Musée National du Château de Versailles et du Trianon, inv. 3111. This portrait was also engraved: - Charles Clément Bervic, Louis XVI, roi des Français, restaurateur de la Liberté, burin engraving, 1785. - Johann Peter Pichler, Louis XVI, roi des Français, engraving in the black manner, between 1789 and 1791. - Louis Jean Allais, Portrait en pied de Louis XVI en costume de sacre, engraving in the black manner, 1791.
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