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Antoine-François Callet: Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre

Artist

Antoine-François Callet (1741–1823)
Alternative names	Antoine Callet
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	22 March 1741	2 October 1823
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q585288 VIAF: 61817389 ISNI: 0000000114736340 ULAN: 500023422 LCCN: n85066181 WGA: c/callet WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q585288

Title

French:

Louis XVI, roi de France et de Navarre, revêtu du grand costume royal en 1779

Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre, wearing his grand royal costume in 1779

title QS:P1476,fr:"Louis XVI, roi de France et de Navarre, revêtu du grand costume royal en 1779"

label QS:Lfr,"Louis XVI, roi de France et de Navarre, revêtu du grand costume royal en 1779"

label QS:Len,"Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre, wearing his grand royal costume in 1779"

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Louis XVI of France

Date

between 1778 and 1779

date QS:P,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 278 cm (109.4 in)

; width: 196 cm (77.1 in)

dimensions QS:P2048,+278U174728

dimensions QS:P2049,+196U174728

Collection

Museum of the History of France

	Native name	Musée de l’Histoire de France
	Parent institution	Palace of Versailles
	Location	Versailles
	Coordinates	48° 48′ 15.84″ N, 2° 07′ 19.09″ E
	Established	1833
	Website	www.museehistoiredefrance.fr
	Authority file	: Q3329787 VIAF: 136752806 ISNI: 0000000121654802 LCCN: n83019688 SUDOC: 026393549 NKC: ko2007416902 WorldCat

institution QS:P195,Q3329787

Current location

Apollo Salon

	Parent institution	Grand appartement du roi
	Location	Palace of Versailles , France
	Authority file	: Q3470097

institution QS:P195,Q3470097

Accession number

MV 3890, INV 3111 and B 476 (Museum of the History of France)

Exhibition history

Salon of 1789, Salon Carré

References

Authority file

: Q18683138
Joconde: 000PE007432

Source/Photographer

9gFrdyY6xDaHgw — Google Arts & Culture

Other versions

Château de Versailles
Château de Versailles
Prado Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (1727-1781), Paris; thence by descent

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