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Madame Tussaud had known Maria Antoinette from her work in wax in pre-revolutionary times when she and her mentor had created models of the living royal family. In her 1838 biography, Madam Tussaud told the tale of how she came to make Maria Antoinette’s death mask.
Oct 10, 2017 · Grosholtz took a death mask of Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub, where he was stabbed, in 1793. Internet Archive/ Public Domain. In 1802, 40-year-old Marie was saddled with a lazy, spendthrift...
Mar 9, 2017 · As a forced show of her loyalty to the French Revolution, she was ordered to create death masks of the guillotined aristocrats of the former monarchy, including her onetime employers: King...
Apr 14, 2022 · There is actually a death mask of Marie taken soon after her execution. It was taken by a wax worker whose name you probably recognize: Marie Tussaud. Tussaud got her start during the French Revolution, taking masks of the dead as a sort of real-time commentary on what was going on.
Jun 15, 2020 · Death mask of Marie Antoinette at Madame Tussaud’s, London, England. Died : 1793, aged 37. This foreign princess married the future king of France when she was a teenager.
May 26, 2020 · These are photos of the wax head mold depicting Marie Antoinette just hours after she was beheaded on October 16th of 1793. This was made by the morbidly famous Madame Tussauds, a woman who became wealthy and famous by taking wax molds of the deceased – particularly those who had just been beheaded.
Dec 7, 2017 · “Following the fall of the Bastille, Tussaud modeled dozens of death masks, including those of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and Robespierre,” writes Spies-Gans.
