The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette.
The diamond necklace was commissioned by Louis XV of France for his mistress, Madame du Barry. At the death of Louis XV, the necklace was unpaid for, which almost bankrupted the jewellers and then led to various unsuccessful schemes to secure a sale to Queen Marie Antoinette. Reconstruction, Château de Breteuil (Breteuil Castle), France.
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Marie Antoinette was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the French monarchy in 1792 during the French Revolution.
Affair of the Diamond Necklace
…la reine, "Affair of the Queen's Necklace") was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. The queen's reputation, already tarnished by gossip, was further sullied by the false accusation that she had participated in a crime to defraud the…
Marie-Antoinette à la Rose, 1783
Archduchess Maria Antonia c. 1762 by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, c. 1767–1768
Archduchess Maria Antonia depicted at age 13 in a 1769 portrait by Joseph Ducreux, which was sent to the Palace of Versailles in May 1769