Bonhams : Maximilien Villers (French, born circa 1760) Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène de France(1764–94), sister of Louis XVI, wearing purple open robe over white dress and white fichu, her blue waistsash held with a pearl-edged buckle bearing initial 'L'

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Lot 146^Y

Maximilien Villers

(French, born circa 1760)

Sold for £ 4,800 (US$ 5,926) inc. premium

Fine Portrait Miniatures

25 Nov 2009, 15:00 GMT

London, Knightsbridge

Maximilien Villers (French, born circa 1760)

Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène de France(1764–94), sister of Louis XVI, wearing purple open robe over white dress and white fichu, her blue waistsash held with a pearl-edged buckle bearing initial 'L'.
Signed on the obverse and dated Villers/ 1788, gold frame with split pearl border, the reverse with gold-mounted blue glass border around glazed aperture to reveal gold monogram SJ on plaited hair.
Oval, 65mm (2 9/16in) high

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Commonly known as Madame Elizabeth, she was orphaned by her parents Louis the Dauphin and Marie Josephine of Saxony at the age of three. She was brought up by Madame de Mackau and had a residence at Montreuil. She loved her brother Louis so passionately that she refused all offers of marriage. At the outset of the French Revolution, she foresaw the gravity of events and refused to leave her brother's side. She accompanied him on his flight in 1792 and was arrested with him at Varennes. She was imprisoned alongside the Royal family in the Temple where she remained until May 1794 when she was transferred to the Conciergerie (where Marie Antoinette was already held). Accused of assisting the King's flight and supplying emigrés with funds, she was condemned to death and executed the same month.

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