The Duke of Bordeaux presented to the people and the army by the Duchess of Berry in the presence of the king, surrounded by the royal family and the main figures of the State

作品描述

The Duchess of Berry Presenting the Duke of Bordeaux is an 1821 history painting by the French artist Charles-Nicolas Lafond. It portrays the moment that the widowed Duchess of Berry presents her young son the Duke of Bordeaux to the French court. The assembled crowd, led by the boy's great uncle Louis XVIII, respond with delight. The Duke of Berry had been assassinated by a Bonapartist at the Paris Opera in February 1820. Seven month's later his wife gave birth to a son, considered a miracle baby as it seemed to secure the succession of the House of Bourbon for another generation. In the event, the family was overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830 and Bordeaux spent most of his life in exile.