L'Apothéose de Louis XVI, William Hamilton, between 1795 and 1799

The dauphin, louis xvii, carried by an angel to his parents in heaven. The dauphin died on 8 june 1795. Here he receives his first glimpse of his deceased family in heaven, above the city of paris. The small child on marie antoinette's lap is presumably the earlier dauphin who died in 1781, while princess elizabeth, guillotined on 10 may 1794, receives the martyr's crown [1]. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: between 1795 and 1799. Dimensions: height: 99 cm (38.9 in) ; width: 72 cm (28.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette, Princess Élisabeth of France, Louis XVII of France, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France. Collection: Private collection. William Hamilton - L'Apothéose de Louis XVI