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title: Marie Antoinette and her Children
author: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15547/marie-antoinette-and-her-children/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Marie Antoinette and her Children
_Authored by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15547.jpg)
## Image Caption
Painting depicting Queen [Marie Antoinette](https://www.worldhistory.org/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](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) of Versailles.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Brun, É. V. L. (2022, April 01). Marie Antoinette and her Children. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Brun, Élisabeth Vigée Le. "Marie Antoinette and her Children." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 01, 2022. .
### MLA
Brun, Élisabeth Vigée Le. "Marie Antoinette and her Children." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Apr 2022, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Antoinette_and_her_Children_by_%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e-Lebrun.jpg) by [**Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Antoinette_and_her_Children_by_%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e-Lebrun.jpg). Submitted by [Harrison W. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/harrisonwmark/ "User Page: Harrison W. Mark"), published on 01 April 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.