Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Portrait of Louis XVI (1745-93)
This tapestry, reproducing a portrait of the king painted at the time of his coronation by Joseph Duplessis (1774), was presented as a state gift to Prince Henry of Prussia in 1784. It remained in the possession of the reigning family of Germany until 1919.
The king wears the grand cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Louis XVI, Paris, 1774 [woven expressly for the King by the Gobelins factory]; Henry of Prussia, 1784, by gift; Royal family of Prussia, by inheritance; Kaiser Wilhelm II, until 1918, by inheritance [confiscated when the Kaiser attempted to flee to Doorn in Holland]; Pollak [dealer], Brussels, [date of aquisition unknown] by purchase; Mr. and Mrs. William Hallam Tuck, Upper Marlboro, MD, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2002 | Prince Henry of Prussia: A European in Rheinsberg. Rheinsberg Palace, Rheinsberg. |
| 1999-2000 | Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
31 1/4 x 25 7/8 in. (79.3 x 65.7 cm);
Framed: 51 x 37 x 10 in. (129.5 x 94 x 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of William Hallam Tuck, 1956
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
82.27