[1] [2] It depicts the wedding between Leopold I of Belgium and Louise of Orléans that took place at the Château de Compiègne on 9 August 1832.

Leopold, the first King of Belgium with strong connections to the British Royal Family, made a dynastic match with Louise who was the eldest daughter of the French monarch Louis Philippe I.

[3] [4] France had provided military support to Belgium against the Netherlands during recent fighting in the wake of the Belgian Revolution.

The painting was commissioned by Louis Philippe I[5] to commemorate the event.

Today the work hangs at the Château de Compiègne.