Vigée Le Brun's Home Page | Index to Art Pages | Vigée Le Brun's Gallery ART PAGE 111 Dauphin, Later Louis XVII - 1789 Black and Red chalk and graphite, 150mm x 95 mm, 3.5 x 6 inches Louis Charles, the younger son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, was born at Versailles on 27 March 1785. He became the Dauphin upon the death of his older brother on 4 June 1789. Following his fathers execution on 21 january 1793 he was proclaimed King Louis XVII by the Royalists. He never ruled and is said to have died in prison in Paris on 8 June 1795. Innocence seeking refuge in the Arms of Justice - 1779 oil on canvas Musee de Beaux Arts, France Mlle de la Ferte - 1779 pastel, David-Weill collection Agathe Louise Marie de La Ferte, born in Paris 4 January 1767. She was declared the daughter of Paul de La Ferte and Louise-Henriette Helnaut, though she was actually the natural daughter of Omer Louis Francois Joly de Fleury and Jeanne Louise Catherine Voidet, baronne d'Estat. Vigée Le Brun's Home Page | Index to Art Pages | Vigée Le Brun's Gallery