The Duchess of Berry Presenting the Duke of Bordeaux

The Duchess of Berry Presenting the Duke of Bordeaux (French: La duchesse de Berry présente le duc de Bordeaux) is an 1821 history painting by the French artist Charles-Nicolas Lafond.

[1] [2] It portrays the moment that the widowed Duchess of Berry presents her young son the Duke of Bordeaux to the French court.

The assembled crowd, led by the boy's great uncle Louis XVIII, respond with delight.

Seven month's later his wife gave birth to a son, considered a miracle baby as it seemed to secure the succession of the House of Bourbon for another generation.

[3] In the event, the family was overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830 and Bordeaux spent most of his life in exile.