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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Louis XVI was a generous patron of the arts, encouraging art that stressed high-minded, patriotic sentiment, in-line with his own political agenda. His inadequate handling of the deepening financial and administrative crises hastened the outbreak of the Revolution. He was imprisoned, relieved of his powers with the proclamation of the First French Republic in September 1792, tried for treason and guillotined. This painting depicts the moment just before his capture by the revolutionaries. His family are gathered around him crying and armed guards desperately attempt to barricade the door. | Subjects: | history (Louis XVI and family French Revolution) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ebele, J. (unknown school, active early 19th century) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8493... | Go to resource |
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