Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)

The royal couple (Louis XVI and Antoinette) tried to escape out of France but they were intercepted in Varennes (1791). Marie Antoinette was imprisoned in Paris at Conciergerie and Temple before being guillotined in 1793 at the Place de la Concorde. Vladimir Ilyitch Ulyanov (Lenin) (1870-1924) said “some people do revolutions while others consolidate them”.

O casal real, Luís XVI e Antonieta, tentou evadir-se para fora de França mas foi interceptado em Varennes (1791). Maria Antonieta esteve presa em Paris em Conciergerie e Temple antes de guilhotinada em 1793 na Praça da Concórdia. Disse Vladimir Ilyitch Ulianov (Lenine): (1870-1924) «uns fazem as revoluções outros consolidam-nas».

Unknown-'arrest of Louis XVI and his family, Varennes, 1791'

Unknown-'Marie Antoinette. Tuileries 20th June 1792'

William Hamilton (1751-1801)-'Marie Antoinette being taken to her execution'-1794

Unknown-'Marie Antoinette. Execution in 1793 at the Place de la Révolution (Concorde)'

Edmé Gaulle (1762-1841) and Pierre Petitot (1760-1840)-'funerary monument Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette'-sculpture   Saint Denis-Basilique

Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) II

At 15 (1770) she traveled to France to marry the Dauphin Louis Auguste de Bourbon. She was enthusiastically greeted between Versailles and Strasbourg. Marie Antoinette became queen four years later when her husband, Louis XVI, ascended the throne. Unlike other 'exiled' princesses she adapted easily to life at court and spoke French correctly. The decline in popularity began in 1782 with the appearance of pamphlets about her personal conduct, written by members of several revolutionary groups.


Aos 15 anos (1770) viajou para França a fim de casar com o Delfim Luís Augusto de Bourbon. Acolheram-na entusiasticamente entre Estrasburgo e Versalhes. Tornou-se Rainha quatro anos depois quando seu marido, Luís XVI, subiu ao trono. Ao contrário de outras princesas 'exiladas' adaptou-se facilmente à vida da corte e falava francês correcto. O declínio da sua popularidade iniciou-se em 1782 com o aparecimento de panfletos sobre a sua conduta pessoal, escritos por elementos de vários grupos revolucionários.

Joseph Krantzinger (?)-'Marie Antoinette in hunting attire (a favorite of her mother)'-oil on canvas-1771 Wien-Kunsthistoriches Museum Gemäldeghalerie

Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty (1740-1786)-'Marie Antoinette playing harp at the French court'-gouache on paper-1774

Joseph Hautzinger (1728-1786)-'Marie Antoinette with his husband and brother (Maximilian)'-oil on canvas Wien-Kunsthistoriches Museum Gemäldeghalerie

Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842)-'Marie Antoinette in a court dress'-1778

Adolph Ulrich Wertmüller (1751-1811)-'Marie Antoinette with two eldest children'-oil on canvas-1785 Stockholm-Nationalmuseum