A portrait of Louis XVI in full coronation regalia by Antoine-Francois Callet will be auctioned by Sotheby’s on January 31st. The portrait was given by Louis XVI to Turgot, former Contrôleur Général des Finances, several years after his dismissal. Turgot died the year after he received the portrait and it has been in possession of his descendants ever since.
The portrait is estimated to sell for $300,000-$500,000.
image source: le boudoir de marie-antoinette
That’s so cheap for a royal painting of a French king…
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