Madame Elisabeth

Élisabeth of France (Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène de France; 3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess and the youngest sibling of King Louis XVI.
During the French Revolution, she remained beside the king and his family and was executed at Place de la Révolution in Paris during the Terror.
Élisabeth was born on 3 May 1764 in the Palace of Versailles in France, the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and his wife, Marie-Josèphe of Saxony.
Her paternal grandparents were King Louis XV of France and his consort, Queen Maria Leszczynska.
As the granddaughter of the king, she was a Petite-Fille de France.
Her maternal grandparents were King Augustus III of Poland, also the Elector of Saxony, and his wife, the Archduchess Maria Josepha, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
frame: wood
preservation painting: excellent
preservation frame: some minor wearing
dimension vertically: 102 mm
inner diameter vertically: 49 mm
thick: 5 mm
convex glass
triangular eyelet
backside: red silk




stock number 497