Title: apotheosis of louis xvi or louis xvi called to immortality supported by an angel (completed around 1826)
sculptor: françois-joseph bosio
location: expiatory chapel
description: first designed for the madeleine church, in 1834 it was installed at the
expiatory chapel, a place he never left. This chapel was
built to pay homage to the king and queen killed by the
republican government. This chapel has always remained a place
important for french royalists. This sculpture shows the king in an ecstatic position. The angel on his right
supports him and shows him his destiny, heaven.
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