"louis XVII And Madame Royale Drawing Their Father" Pastel Signed And Dated "j. Prevost 1790"

Pastel on paper 37 x 57 cm 18th century Carved and gilded wood frame in Louis XVI style 44 x 64 cm Good condition "To the best of Fathers and to the most beloved of Roys" This moving work produced in the midst of Terror represents the allegory of the love and filial gratitude of the two young royal children for their father and King. Isn't every father a King in the eyes of his children? Allegorical but not only! To believe the stories of the time, an exemplary love reigned in this Royal family, in the days of joy as in the most tragic days. It is very easy for us to imagine Charles-Louis and Marie-Thérèse offering Louis XVI, then affected by a situation which was only getting worse, a drawing of consolation.