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anonymous: Portrait of Louis XVI (1745-93)   (  )
Artist	Gobelin Manufactory After Joseph-Siffred Duplessis  (1725–1802)     Alternative names Joseph-Siffred Duplessis; Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis; Joseph Siffrein Duplessis Description French portrait painter Date of birth/death 22 September 1725  1 April 1802  Location of birth/death Carpentras, near Avignon Versailles Work period 1740s-1801 Work location Carpentras, Lyon, Paris, Rome Authority file : Q2286906 VIAF: 27199685 ISNI: 0000000083667441 ULAN: 500016763 LCCN: n85235630 MusicBrainz: 094af2df-445d-4d9d-891e-58b88bb6fd38 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q2286906
Title	Portrait of Louis XVI (1745-93)
Description	English: This tapestry, reproducing a portrait of the king painted at the time of his coronation by Joseph Duplessis (1774), was presented as a state gift to Prince Henry of Prussia in 1784. It remained in the possession of the reigning family of Germany until 1919. The king wears the grand cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Date	circa 1774 date QS:P571,+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium	wool medium QS:P186,Q11547758
Dimensions	height: 79.3 cm (31.2 in); width: 65.7 cm (25.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,79.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,65.7U174728 ; Framed: 129.5 × 94 × 25.4 cm (50.9 × 37 × 10 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	82.27
Place of creation	France
Object history	Louis XVI, Paris, 1774 [woven expressly for the King by the Gobelin factory] Henry of Prussia, 1784, by gift Royal family of Prussia, by inheritance Kaiser Wilhelm II, until 1918, by inheritance [confiscated when the Kaiser attempted to flee to Doorn in Holland] Pollak [dealer], Brussels, [date of aquisition unknown] by purchase Mr. and Mrs. William Hallam Tuck, Upper Marlboro, MD, 1927, by purchase 1956: given to Walters Art Museum
Exhibition history	Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999-2000. Prince Henry of Prussia: A European in Rheinsberg. Rheinsberg Palace, Rheinsberg. 2002.
Credit line	Gift of William Hallam Tuck, 1956
Inscriptions	[Transcription] Original frame: DONNE PAR LOUIS XVI. 1784
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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