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Porcelain bust of Queen Marie Antoinette of France (after 1783) by Sèvres at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Bust of Queen Marie-Antoinette (1783) by Félix Lecomte in Queen's Bedroom at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France. | Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette & her children (1787) by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France. | Queen's wing Nobles antechamber redecorated under Marie-Antoinette by architect Richard Mique with reframed ceiling while keeping Louis XIV ceiling paintings at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France. |
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Empresses bed chamber (1787) by Hauré, Sené & Laurent with Marie-Antoinette's bed in Fontainbleau Palace. Fontainbleau, France. | Mechanical musical tympanon player modeled after woman (1784) made by Pierre Kintzing & David Roentgen (given to Academie by Marie-Antoinette) at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France. | Baroque writing desk presented to Marie Antoinette to 2nd Earl of Mansfield in state drawing room at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland. | Fruit dish owned by Marie Antoinette & then Dolley Madison at James Madison Museum. Orange, VA. |
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Marble bust of Marie Antoinette dressed as Austrian farmer at Marie Antoinette farm. Versailles, France. | Mill with waterwheel at Marie Antoinette farm. Versailles, France. | Billiard & Queen's Houses with games rooms & dining room (1783) at Marie Antoinette farm. Versailles, France. Architect: Richard Mique. | Flowers on spiral staircase of Billiard House at Marie Antoinette farm. Versailles, France. |
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Bow carving of canot of Queen Marie-Antoinette (1777) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France. | The King & Royal Family Arriving in Paris on Oct 6, 1789 graphic from History of the French Revolution by Pierre Gabriel Berthault after Jean-Louis Prieur at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | National celebration on Champs de Mars July 14, 1790 where Louis XVI pledged loyalty to French Constitution painting (1792) by Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | The Taking of the Tuileries Aug. 10, 1792 painting (end 18thC) by French School at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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Farewell of Louis XVI to his family Jan 20,1793 painting (1794) by Jean-Jacques Hauer at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Execution of Louis XVI Jan 21, 1793 painting (late 18thC) from Danish school at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Conciergerie (1296-1313) on Ile de la Cité where Marie Antoinette & about 2600 others were imprisoned during the Terror before being taken to the Guillotine. Paris, France. Style: Gothic. Architect: Enguerrand de Marginy. | Portrait of the Widowed Queen Marie-Antoinette in Temple Prison painting (end 18thC) by Alexandre Kucharski at Conciergerie. Paris, France. |
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Marie-Antoinette at Temple prison painting (c1793) by Anne Flore Millet, Marquise de Bréhan at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Marie-Antoinette as a Widow at the Temple prison painting (c1815) by anonymous after Alexandre Kucharski at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Marie-Antoinette at the Temple prison painting (c1793) by Prieur after work by Alexandre Kucharski at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Reproduction of the 1793 cell of Marie-Antoinette as seen through bars with period furniture at Conciergerie. Paris, France. |
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Reproduction of the 1793 cell of Marie-Antoinette with period furniture at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Model of Marie-Antoinette seated at her desk in reproduction of her cell at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Reproduction of guards room separated from Marie-Antoinette's cell by a screen at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Louis XVII separated from his Mother July 3, 1793 painting (1795) by Jean-Jacques Hauer at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. |
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The Trial of Marie-Antoinette (October 1793) copperplate engraving by J.-F. Cazenave after original drawing by Pierre Bouillon at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Marie-Antoinette being driven to her Place of Execution accompanied by Abbot Girard painting by Henri Joseph Fradel (aka Fradelle) at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Execution of Marie-Antoinette Oct 16, 1793 painting (late 18thC) from Danish school at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Oct. 16, 1793 Execution of Marie-Antoinette, Place de la Concorde copperplate engraving by Charles Monnet after original by Isidore Stanislas Helman at Conciergerie. Paris, France. |
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Porcelain water pitcher, labeled as belonging to prisoner Madame Caron, from which Marie-Antoinette may have been given water before being taken to her execution at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Items belonging to Marie Antoinette during imprisonment at Temple Tower at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Woolen rug believed to have been found in Marie-Antoinette's cell at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Expiatory (i.e. atonement) Chapel, formerly cell of Marie-Antoinette, constructed at wishes of Louis XVIII at Conciergerie. Paris, France. |
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Paintings portraying Marie-Antoinette before her execution at Conciergerie. Paris, France. | Pair of cups & saucers with the profiles of Louis XVI & Queen Marie-Antoinette made by Sèvres factory at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Monument of Louis XVI & Marie-Antionette (1830) by Edme Gaulle & Pierre Petito at St-Denis Basilica. St Denis, France. | Monument of Louis XVI & Marie-Antionette at St-Denis Basilica. St Denis, France. |