Keywords: Gobelin Manufactory - Portrait of Louis XVI (1745-93) - Walters 8227.jpg This tapestry reproducing a portrait of the king painted at the time of his coronation by Joseph Duplessis 1774 was presented as a state gift to Prince Henry of Prussia in 1784 It remained in the possession of the reigning family of Germany until 1919 The king wears the grand cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Order of the Golden Fleece ca 1774 wool cm 79 3 65 7 ; Framed cm 129 5 94 25 4 accession number 82 27 33451 Louis XVI Paris 1774 woven expressly for the King by the Gobelin factory Henry of Prussia 1784 by gift Royal family of Prussia by inheritance Kaiser Wilhelm II until 1918 by inheritance confiscated when the Kaiser attempted to flee to Doorn in Holland Pollak dealer Brussels date of aquisition unknown by purchase Mr and Mrs William Hallam Tuck Upper Marlboro MD 1927 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of William Hallam Tuck 1956 Transcription Original frame DONNE PAR LOUIS XVI 1784 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 Prince Henry of Prussia A European in Rheinsberg Rheinsberg Palace Rheinsberg 2002 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 3D 18th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1774c Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Portrait paintings of Louis XVI of France 1774c 18th-century oval portrait paintings of men at half length 1774c Badges of the Order of the Golden Fleece in portrait paintings 1774c Hand-in-waistcoat in portrait paintings 1774c Sash of the Order of the Holy Spirit in portrait paintings 1774c Star of the Order of the Holy Spirit in portrait paintings 1774c Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet |