Louis XVI
Artist: Antoine-Francois Callet (French, 1741-1823)
Date: 1778-1779
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Louis XVI
Louis XVI (1754 – 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette. He became King of France and Navarre on his paternal grandfather's death on 10 May 1774, and reigned until the abolition of the monarchy on 21 September 1792.












