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
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
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