Portrait of Louis XVI
by CALLET, Antoine-François, Oil on canvas, 278 x 196 cm
In May 1774 Louis XV died of smallpox at the age of sixty-four, and was succeeded by his twenty-year-old grandson, Louis Augustus, who became Louis XVI.
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In May 1774 Louis XV died of smallpox at the age of sixty-four, and was succeeded by his twenty-year-old grandson, Louis Augustus, who became Louis XVI.