Marie Antoinette
(1755-1774-1792-1793)
- daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria- queen consort of King Louis XVI of France
Each single child of the Empress has 5 chambers in this Palace, whereas each married child 10 chambers.
She loved roses.
Their lives were going to be changed drastically around the French Revoluion (1789); L-R:
* Marie Thérèse, known as Madame Royale at court --- to be detained for 4 years before sent to Austria, her mother's homeland, as an exchange;
* the Queen --- to be beheaded;
* the Duke of Normandy on mother's lap --- later Louis XVII in name, but to die of TB/malnutrition during imprisonment after the Revolution;
* the Dauphin is on the right pointing into an empty cradle --- to die of TB shortly before the Revolution;
* the cradle used to show Madame Sophie --- died later in the year and had to be painted out.
Ten months earlier, Louis XVI was sent to the guillotine in a curtained royal coach.
 |
| Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria - Martin van Meytens (1695–1770, Austrian-Swedish) - oil on canvas (43 x 28 cm) c.1767 - Schönbrunn Palace (Vienna) |
(L) 15-year-old Louis-Auguste (future King Louis XVI) married 14-year-old Marie Antoinette from Austria, at the Royal Chapel of Versailles, where 6000 guests were received.
(R) The premier menuet from Les Indes Galantes was used in the Marie Antoinette (2006) movie,
,_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) |
| Louis XVI, King of France (1755-1774-1792-1793), wearing his grand royal costume in 1779 - Antoine-François Callet (1741–1823, French) - oil on canvas (278 x 196 cm) 1789 - Palace of Versailles (Paris) |
Yes, both were beheaded in the subsequent French Revolution.
(1755–1842, French)
 |
| Self-portrait - Madam Lebrun - oil on canvas (100 x 81 cm) 1790 - Uffizi Gallery (Florence) |
 |
| Self-Portrait with Her Daughter, Julie - Madam Lebrun - oil on canvas (130 x 94 cm) 1789 - Louvre Museum (Paris) |
 |
| Self-portrait - Madam Lebrun - oil (78.5 x 68 cm) 1800 - Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg) |
 |
| Marie Antoinette in Court Dress - Madame Lebrun - oil (273 × 194 cm) in 1778 - Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna) |
 |
| Marie Antoinette - Madame Lebrun - oil (113 x 87 cm) in 1783 - Chateau de Versailles |
 |
| Marie Antoinette and her Children - Madame Lebrun - oil (275 × 215 cm) in 1787 - Chateau de Versailles |
* Marie Thérèse, known as Madame Royale at court --- to be detained for 4 years before sent to Austria, her mother's homeland, as an exchange;
* the Queen --- to be beheaded;
* the Duke of Normandy on mother's lap --- later Louis XVII in name, but to die of TB/malnutrition during imprisonment after the Revolution;
* the Dauphin is on the right pointing into an empty cradle --- to die of TB shortly before the Revolution;
* the cradle used to show Madame Sophie --- died later in the year and had to be painted out.
 |
| Louis XVI and his family, dressed as bourgeois, arrested at the house of the registrar of passports, at Varennes in June, 1791 - Thomas Falcon Marshall (1818-1878, English) - oil on canvas (105 x 143 cm) 1854 - private collection |
 |
| The arrest of Louis XVI and his family – Jean-Louis Prieur (1759-95, French) - etching (35 x 47 cm) 1793-95 - Musée de la Révolution française (Vizille) |
An angry crowd of fervent revolutionaries breaking down doors to arrest the King.
"Marie Antoinette was famously imprisoned in la Conciergerie during the nine weeks before she was beheaded at the Place de la Concorde.
They show a room that is set up like it would have been when she was held there."
 |
| Marie Antoinette being taken to her Execution, October 16, 1793 - William Hamilton (1751–1801, British) - oil on canvas (152 x 197 cm) 1794 - Musée de la Révolution française (Vizille) |
 |
| [A04] Marie Antoinette on the Way to the Guillotine - Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) - pen & ink (15 x 10 cm) 1793 - Musee du Louvre (Paris) |
Ten months earlier, Louis XVI was sent to the guillotine in a curtained royal coach.
The execution of Louis XVI
 |
| Marie Antoinette's execution on 16 October 1793 @ Place de la Revolution |
No comments:
Post a Comment