Marie Antoinette and her Children

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Illustration

Harrison W. Mark
by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
published on 01 April 2022
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Painting depicting Queen Marie Antoinette and her three children. On the far right the Dauphin, Louis Joseph, points to an empty crib where Marie Antoinette's fourth child, Princess Sophie, had to be painted out after she died in infancy. Oil on canvas by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1787.

Palace of Versailles.

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Brun, É. V. L. (2022, April 01). Marie Antoinette and her Children. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15547/marie-antoinette-and-her-children/

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Brun, Élisabeth Vigée Le. "Marie Antoinette and her Children." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 01, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15547/marie-antoinette-and-her-children/.

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Brun, Élisabeth Vigée Le. "Marie Antoinette and her Children." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 01 Apr 2022. Web. 25 Jul 2024.

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