French School, Circa 1800-1820 Portrait Of Louis XVII, Last Dauphin Of France

French School, circa 1800-1820 Portrait of Louis XVII, last Dauphin of France, during his captivity in the Temple Oil on panel (13 x 10 cm without frame, 17 x 14 cm with frame). In its period frame of carved and gilded wood, topped with the arms of the Dauphin. This portrait represents Louis-Charles of France (1785-1795), known as Louis XVII, son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. After the French Revolution, the child king was imprisoned in the Temple prison in Paris, where he spent the last years of his short life, until his tragic death at the age of ten. The iconography of this painting, sober and moving, bears witness to the shattered destiny of this prince who became a symbol of the martyred monarchy. A rare work, typical of the French school of the early 19th century, of great historical and iconographic interest for lovers of royal portraits, souvenirs of the French Revolution, and collections devoted to the Bourbon dynasty.