23/03/2024
THE REAL MARIE ANTOINETTE—at 14 yrs old, by Jean-Etienne Liotard c. 1770
This portrait is now titled "Portrait of a young woman"
It was painted by Jean Etienne Liotard in 1770...
In 1770, Jean Etienne Liotard was commissioned by Maria Theresa of Austria to paint this portrait of her daughter Marie Antoinette...
In May 1770, Marie Antoinette became Dauphine of France at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, (Louis XVI) heir apparent to the French throne...
She was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution...
Both of these portraits are said to have been painted by Liotard in 1770…
However, only one of these portraits was actually painted by Liotard in 1770…
The one with virtually invisible brushstrokes, beautifully smooth color transitions, incredible realism, and intricate detail…
In regard to the other portrait, clearly, there is no attempt to accurately depict Marie, caricature is used…
Marie was 14 years old in 1770, yet she’s depicted with grayish white hair (not a wig) with a neck and shoulders that are completely out of proportion, flat and anatomically incorrect…
“Marie was not considered beautiful by the standards of the day, which required a pale complexion, blond hair and blue eyes, Marie was blessed with an abundance of dark curls, a swarthy complexion, and brown eyes”
SOURCE;
(Josephine Wilkinson, “Louis XIV: The Power and the Glory”)
Marie Antoinette was the great granddaughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor…
Leopold I and Louis XIV were first cousins once removed…
Louis XIV & James Francis Edward Stewart were cousins…
LOUIS XIV — “Brown complexion”; “His skin was as BLACK as ink”; “Swarthy complexion”
LOUISE (his daughter) — “Extremely swarthy”; “Very Brown”
LOUIS XV — “swarthy complexion”
MARIE ANTOINETTE — “swarthy complexion”
LEOPOLD I — “swarthy complexion”
CHARLES VI — “swarthy complexion”
JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STEWART— “Light-Brown complexion”
CHARLES II — “Tall Black man”
(Charles II’s sons and grandson, are also described verbatim in first hand historical accounts as tall black men, and as having “black complexions”…)
DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND— “a tall, black man, like his father the King”
DUKE OF GRAFTON— “grandson to King Charles II; a tall black man”
CHARLES LENNOX, DUKE OF RICHMOND— “black complexion, much like King Charles”
DUKE OF ST. ALBANS—“son to King Charles the Second, he is of a black complexion”
Marie Antoinette was guillotined at 12:15 p.m. on October 16, 1793…
Her last words are recorded as, "Pardonnez-moi, monsieur. Je ne l’ai pas fait exprès" or "Pardon me, sir, I did not do it on purpose", after accidentally stepping on her executioner's shoe…
SOURCES;
(Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Esq., During the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I. Including, Also, the True Secret History of the Rise, Promotions, & of the English and Scots Nobility, Officers, Civil, Military, Naval, and Other Persons of Distinction, from the Revolution, in Their Respective Characters at Large; 1733)
(Voltaire, “The Age of Louis XIV.: To which is Added, an Abstract of The Age of Louis XV”; 1780)
(Thomas Pike Lathy, “Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. Comprising Biography and Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Characters of that Period, Styled the Augustan Era of France. In Three Volumes.; 1819)
(James Peller Malcom, "Londinium Redivivum Or an Ancient History and Modern Description of London, Compiled from Parochial Records, Archives of Various Foundations, the Harleian Mss. and Other Authentic Sources"; 1802)
(Sir Richard Phillips, "The Monthly Magazine" Vol.13; 1802)
(Richard Wilkinson, "Louis XIV")
(J. Dodsley, "The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1774"; 1775)
(James Francis Edward, the Old Chevalier; Martin Haile; 1907)
(Norman Chevers, "An Enquiry into the circumstances of the Death of King Charles the Second"; 1861)
(Henry Cary, ‘Memorials Of The Great Civil War In England From 1646 To 1652 ; Edited From Original Letters In The Bodleian Library Volume 2’; 1842)
(George Gounter, ‘The Last Act in the Miraculous Story of King Charles the Second's Escape Out of the Reach of His Tyrannical Enemies ... Now First Published from the Original MS’; 1846)
(“A Narrative of The Adventures of Charles the Second after The Battle of Worcester”; 1859)
(Thomas Salmon, "Modern History Or the Present State of All Nations - Volume 2"; 1745)
(Robert K. Massie, “Peter the Great: His Life and World”)
(Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Pöllnitz, "The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz"; 1737)
