A contemporary take on the life of young queen of France, Marie Antoinette. She is a confection created a society that values extravagance and artifice. Anonymous Artist Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun: French, 1755 - 1842. Marie-Antoinette; after 1783: oil on canvas: overall: 92.7 x 73.1 cm (36 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.) Marie Antoinette ăntwənĕt,äNtwänĕt [key], 1755 93, queen of France, wife of King Louis XVI and daughter of Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresa and Holy Marie Antoinette has gone down in history as the callous queen of France who said "Let them eat If ever anyone was the victim of a bad press, it was Marie. Marie Antoinette has been a subject for both biographers and novelists. Since before her beheading French revolutionaries, her life has The Adventurine Posts Auction Highlights: Marie Antoinette's Jewelry. Marie Antoinette and jewels from the Bourbon Parma Auction at Sothe's Geneva Photo Carthage Theatre presents: 'Marie Antoinette'. Time: 7:30pm CDT March 23. Location: Wartburg Auditorium. In this contemporary twist on a historic tale, Whiting Most people know this unhappy lady as Marie Antoinette, the name she was given the French court when she married the future Louis XVI in Louis XVI had been executed on January 21 1793 and during the following months Marie Antoinette mourned her husband's death deeply - so Fears about Marie Antoinette's intentions and actions were not baseless. Although inexperienced in the new style of politics, Marie Antoinette did see a need for Queen Marie-Antoinette stands before the Revolutionary Tribunal during her trial. The illustration, from 1881, is included in Henri Gourdon de Marie Antoinette (page 71). Marie Antoinette was born in 1755, and was one of sixteen children of Maria Theresa. She was the Archduchess of Austria and was A pearl and diamond pendant owned Marie Antoinette before she was beheaded during the French Revolution sold for $36 million at an Marie Antoinette once delighted her subjects with three-foot-tall wigs and an extravagant wardrobe. When France teeters on the brink of revolution, she is Ten things that occurred to me while watching "Marie Antoinette." 1. This is Sofia Coppola's third film centering on the loneliness of being