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- The same revolutionaries had arrested a woman named Tussaud. Since Tussaud knew how to make wax masks, the revolutionaries freed her. They charged her with making death masks of those killed by the revolution. So Tussaud made the death mask of Marie Antoinette. She later moved to London and took the masks with her.
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Marie Tussaud was a hustler, and did her part, as her contemporary P.T. Barnum did in the U.S., to create what we recognize as the modern concept of celebrity—renown not being something you ...
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.
- Napoleon Bonaparte’s Death Mask
- Mary Queen of Scots’ Death Mask
- George Washington’s Life Mask
- Peter The Great of Russia’s Death Mask
- Queen Marie Antoinette’s Death Mask
- Maximilien Robespierre’s Death Mask
- Oliver Cromwell’s Death Mask
- Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Life Mask
- Wolfgang Mozart’s Death Mask
- Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Death Mask
Died:1821, aged 51. Napoleon Bonaparte does not need much of an introduction. He was a Corsican officer who climbed the ranks during the French Revolution.Napoleon made it to general, then to consul and emperor. He invaded France’s neighbors and created the First French Empire. But many did not appreciate the ambition and autocratic ways of this gr...
Died:1587, aged 44. Mary Stuartclaimed the crown of three countries. She inherited the Scottish crown from her father. Then Mary married the French king,and become queen consort of France. And, finally, she tried to wrestle the English crown from her cousin, Elizabeth I. Mary lost all three thrones. And her attempt to win the English crown led to h...
Life mask taken in 1785, aged 53. George Washingtonis the patriot that led the American Revolution against Britain. After winning the war, he became the first president of the United States of America. French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdonwanted to make a statue of George. So he visited the patriot in Virginia, while he was still alive, and made a pl...
Died:1725, aged 52. Peter the Greatwas a strong ruler who propelled Russia into the modern era. He was a visionary and a reformer. And through his military conquests, Peter turned Russia into an empire.
Died: 1793, aged 37. This foreign princess married the future king of France when she was a teenager. Famously, in France, Marie Antoinettebecame obsessed with clothes, lovers, and parties. Her mother, the Queen of Austria, urged Marie Antoinette to pay attention to her subjects. But Marie Antoinette would not. When someone told her the people were...
Died:1794, aged 36. Robespierrewas another victim of the French Revolution. Which is interesting, since he was one of its most fervent supporters. But he turned out to be too fervent. Robespierre is remembered as the man who sent France spiralling into the Reign of Terror. After the fall of the monarchy, Robespierre became powerful. And he got real...
Died:1658, aged 59. Oliver Cromwellwas another controversial figure. He is hailed as the father of freedom by some and as a regicidal dictator by others. Everyone can probably agree that he was a force to be reckoned with. Oliver participated in the English Civil Wars. The wars ended with the dethronement of King Charles Iof England. And Oliver was...
Life maskmade in 1812, when Ludwig was 42. Beethovenis known worldwide for his music. When the German composer was 42 years old, artist Franz Klein made his life mask. Many of the portraits of the musician are based on this mask. Another mask was made 15 years later, when Beethoven died.
Died:1791, aged 35. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartwas a child prodigy. The Austrian composed several pieces before he was 10 years old. As a child, he toured the European courts with his father, playing his music for the rich and famous. Wolfgang died when he was only 35, and there is a bit of controversy as to whether this mask is really his face. Count ...
Died:1564, aged 89. Most -or all- of Michelangelo’s works are among the best in Western art. He is the painter of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling and the sculptor of the David. The Italian master died when he was 89 years old. And one of his sculptor friends, Daniele de Volterra, cast his death mask because he wanted to have a memento of this historic...
Aug 28, 2020 · Tussaud made a wax death mask of many famous revolution victims, including Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Madame Elizabeth, Princess Lamballe, Robespierre, Danton, and Marat.
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Dec 1, 2021 · Tussaud Got Her Start in Death Masks. Marie Tussaud, born on this day in 1761, became wealthy, famous and successful thanks to her talent for wax sculpting, her business acumen and a new kind of public fascination with bodies and public figures. Today Tussaud is chiefly remembered for launching a famous wax museum in Britain that is still ...
The story of the founder of Tussauds wax museums, however, is potentially more fascinating than any of the exhibits. For Madame Anna Maria Tussaud was an artist and a survivor. She narrowly escaped the guillotine during the French revolution only to find herself serving the regime that nearly took her life, making death masks of her former ...
Sep 17, 2006 · The mourning outfit she had worn day and night since her husband’s death, in defiance of a Jacobin edict against black (a color symbolic of monarchist sympathies), had grown increasingly shabby.
