The Royal Feast – Engraving From The Louvre Chalcography

After Louis-Denis Moreau (1736-1794), engraved by Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger (1741-1814) Proof from the Chalcographie du Louvre (dry stamp "M") Superb engraving representing the Royal Feast given by the City of Paris to Their Majesties Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, on the occasion of the birth of the Dauphin, on January 21, 1782. The grandiose architecture and the crowd of guests bear witness to the splendor of the official ceremonies at the end of the Ancien Régime. Dimensions of the engraving: 52 x 39 cm Framed dimensions: 70 x 55 cm (under glass, modern light wood frame) Work executed after the drawings of Louis-Denis Moreau, architect of the City of Paris, and engraved by Jean-Michel Moreau known as the Younger, official draftsman and engraver of the Court under Louis XVI. Proof taken by the Chalcographie du Louvre from the original copperplates preserved at the museum. A collector's engraving, a refined testimony to the royal celebrations of the 18th century.