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Oct 10, 2017 · Marie Grosholtz sure loved to make death masks of freshly executed criminals. by Betsy Golden Kellem October 10, 2017. 31 Days Of Halloween. ... and the heads of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and ...
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. The following...
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.
Nov 20, 2022 · Over the course of the Reign of Terror, Grosholtz ended up making death masks of revolutionaries and royalists, including Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, her student Madame Élisabeth, and even Jean-Paul Marat, just hours after he was stabbed in the bath in 1793.
Oct 5, 2022 · Throughout it all, he maintained an impressive degree of calmness, a mask that only fell once; when accused of "shedding French blood", Louis became flustered, wiping tears from his eyes, and rubbing his forehead.
Dec 21, 2020 · Her exhibition drew crowds with the death masks of Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI, and Maximilien Robespierre, and soon expanded to include English royalty. Her exhibit was called the "Chamber of Horrors" by London's Punch magazine for its incorporation of recreated murder scenes.
Oct 4, 2018 · The death mask of Jean-Paul Marat cast by Tussaud. ... Louis XVI, Benjamin Franklin and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. She was in Paris during the Revolution and, on 12 July 1789, a mob stole the wax ...
