tiny-librarian:An allegorical painting that portrays the birth of Marie Zéphyrine of France, done by
tiny-librarian:An allegorical painting that portrays the birth of Marie Zéphyrine of France, done by Charles-Joseph Natoire. She was the eldest liveborn child of Louis Ferdinand of France and Maria Josepha of Saxony, and therefore an elder sister of Louis XVI. Her birth had been a disappointment to Louis XV, who was hoping for a grandson, and was greeted with caution because her mother had suffered stillbirths in the two previous years and her health was fragile.The baby was given her unique name after Saint Zephyrinus, because she had been born on his feast day. Sadly, the little Princess died less than a month after her fifth birthday, after suffering an attack of convulsions. -- source link