About 400 results for ‘Louis XVI of France’
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Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI (23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793. Succeeding Louis XV, his unpopular grandfather, Louis XVI was well aware of the growing discontent of the French population against the absolute monarchy. The first part of his reign is marked by his attempts to reform the kingdom in accordance with the Enlightenment ideals (abolition of torture, abolition of the serfdom, tolerance towards Jews and Protestants, abolition of the Taille etc.). However, Louis XVI failed to impose his will, as his reforms stumbled on the hostility of the nobles. Louis XVI actively supported the Americans, who were seeking their independence from Great Britain, which was realized in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. The example of the American Revolution and the financial crisis which followed France's involvement in the war were two of the many contributing factors to the French Revolution, which broke out in 1789. The French Revolution abolished the absolute monarchy in France and proclaimed a constitutional monarchy in 1791. While Louis XVI, as a constitutional king, enjoyed broad popularity among the population, his indecisiveness and conservatism led some elements of the people of France eventually to view him as a symbol of the perceived tyranny of the Ancien Régime, and his popularity deteriorated progressively. His disastrous flight to Varennes seemed to justify the rumors that the king tied his hopes of political salvation to the dubious prospects of foreign invasion. The credibility of the king was deeply undermined and the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic became an ever increasing possibility. In a context of civil and international war, Louis XVI was suspended and arrested as part of the insurrection of 10 August 1792, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793 as a desacralized French citizen known as "Citoyen Louis Capet", a nickname in reference to Hugh Capet, the founder of the Capetian dynasty – which the revolutionaries interpreted as Louis' family name. In the meantime, the French Republic had been proclaimed the 21 September 1792, bringing to an end more than a thousand years of continuous French monarchy. Louis XVI is the only King of France ever to be executed.
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COMPLAINTE SUR LOUIS XVI / ... / JUGEMENT DE FEU LOUIS XV...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar
- Child
- Crown (headgear)
- Crucifix
- Family
- Henry IV of France
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis-Simon Boizot
PORTRAIT DE LOUIS XVI (PROJET DE MEDAILLE)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Clothing
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Order (honour)
- Portrait
- Wig
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier
LOUIS XVI RECEVANT LES HOMMAGES DES ECHEVINS DE ROUEN
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Hat
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Antoine-François Callet
LOUIS XVI, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE (1754-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LOUIS XVI DONNANT DES INSTRUCTIONS A LA PEROUSE.29 JUIN 1785
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- Portrayed subject:
- Louis XVI of France
- Map
- Politician
- Seat
- Sphere
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LOUIS XVI VISITE LE PORT DE CHERBOURG.23 JUIN 1786
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- Portrayed subject:
- Carriage
- Cherbourg-Octeville
- Crowd
- Flag
- Louis XVI of France
- Navy
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Hersent
LOUIS XVI DISTRIBUANT DES SECOURS AUX PAUVRES PENDANT L'H...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Louis XVI of France
- Poverty
- Versailles (city)
- Winter
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
Vue du Tapis Vert à Versailles
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Landscape
- Louis XVI of France
- Marie Antoinette
- Market
- Meal
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LOUIS XVI, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE (1754-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LOUIS XVI, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE (1754-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Embroidery
- Lace
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Necktie
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Henri-Pierre Danloux
JEAN-BAPTISTE CANTHANEY, DIT CLERY, VALET DE CHAMBRE DE L...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Domestic worker
- Jean-Baptiste Cléry
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LOUIS-AUGUSTE, DUC DE BERRY (1754-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown prince
- Dukes of Berry
- Louis XVI of France
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Antoine-François Callet
Louis XVI, roi de France et de Navarre (1754-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Clothing
- Coronation
- Dukes of Berry
- Glove
- Justice
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LOUIS XVI, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE (1754-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LOUIS XVI COURONNE PAR LA VICTOIRE (1757-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Combat
- Crown (headgear)
- Cuirass
- Equestrianism
- Horse
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LOUIS XVI, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE (1754-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Equestrianism
- Hat
- Horse
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Antoine-François Callet
LOUIS XVI, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE (1754-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 18th century
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TRAIT D'HUMANITE DE LOUIS XVI PENDANT L'HIVER 1785
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Louis XVI of France
- Poverty
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Marie-Antoinette, reine de France (1755-1793)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Dress
- Lilium
- Louis XVI of France
- Marie Antoinette
- Musical instrument
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Henri-Pierre Danloux
LOUIS XVI AU TEMPLE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Louis XVI of France
- Man
- Portrait
- Sitting
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gabriel François Doyen
LOUIS XVI RECOIT A REIMS LES HOMMAGES DES CHEVALIERS DU S...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Archbishop
- Bourges
- Charles X of France
- Chivalry
- Column
- Dog
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LOUIS XVI AU PIED DE L'ECHAFAUD.21 JANVIER 1793
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- Portrayed subject:
- Blessing
- Drum
- Flag
- French people
- Guillotine
- Louis XVI of France
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- Date:
- 18th century
