|
Date: |
|
Description: | This portrait is said to depict Jean-Paul Marat's sister. Born in Switzerland, near Neuchtel (where his sister may have been born too), from a Sardinian father and Swiss mother, he was a revolutionary whose extremist ideas led to the death of many on the guillotine. He was elected to the Convention assembly as a Montagnard (as where called those who sat on the highest benches, and were also the most extreme in political terms). His influence led to the elimination of the more moderate Girondins; Marat's actions finally provoked his assassination in 1793, a very famous episode of French history, as he was killed in his bath. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9047... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
-
Medal
Napoleon I (1769-1821), French general,…
-
axe head
Codrafin, Lac de Neuchtel, Switzerland…
-
-
-
-
|