Marie Antoinette – The Extravagant Queen, Remembered: From My “Regal Twelve” Art Series

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Marie Antoinette – The Extravagant Queen, Remembered: From My "Regal Twelve" Art Series
      

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France during the French Revolution, was born in Vienna this day in 1755.

Resented by the French citizenry for her foreign birth and extravagant lifestyle, Marie Antoinette has gone down in history as the arrogant and apathetic monarch who said "let them eat cake" when told the peasants were starving. Those most scholars dismiss the attribution as revolutionary propaganda, she was beheaded nonetheless in 1793.

She's one of the 12 fascinating women featured in my "Regal Twelve" art series, highlighted here at the Britannica Blog.
         

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