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Announcement of the Freedom of the Husband of Mme. de Bellegarde by the Queen
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Marie-Antoinette had arranged for the gentlemen Bellegarde and Moustiers, who had been wrongly imprisoned, to be released. Madame de Bellegarde thanks the queen with a curtsy. The company is fashionably dressed. The ladies wear the 'robe à la Polonaise'.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAankondiging van de vrijheid van de man van Mme. de Bellegarde door de koningin. 1779. Antoine Jean Duclos. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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