The Duchesse of Berry imprisoned in the Citadel of Blaye, François Nicholas Riss

This is a portrait after a work by françois riss, depicting the duchesse de berry imprisoned following her unsuccessful rebellion in the vendée in 1832. The work is a symbol of legitimist ideology: aged by her treatment yet defiant, the duchesse holds a miniature of her son the duc de bordeaux, the legitimist heir to the throne of france. The original work was also circulated in a print by gaulon with the composition reversed; an example is held in the jeanvrot collection at the musée des beaux-arts of bordeaux. Object Type: painting. Date: after a painting of 1833. Dimensions: height: 93.5 cm (36.8 in); width: 73.5 cm (28.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unidentified location. Riss, after - The Duchesse of Berry imprisoned in the Citadel of Blaye

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Author: After François Nicholas Riss (1804–1886)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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