Marie Antoinette
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A rare miniature portrait of the four children of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette: Marie Thérèse, Louis Joseph, Louis Charles, and Sophie. The miniature, attributed to Jean Pierre Chasselat (1748 - 1814), would have likely been completed in 1787, before Sophies death at just 11 months of age. image: Auxerre Enchères
Rare representation of the four children of Louis XVI and Marie - Antoinette together: The oldest, Maria Theresa called Madame Royale (1778 + 1851), future Duchess of Angoulême and was the only one to survive the revolution. The first Dauphin Louis (1781 + 1789), died at the beginning of the event. The future Louis XVII (1785 + 1795), died in the Temple. Miss Sophie (1786 + 1787), whose death at 11 months allows us to date the miniature of 1787.