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Pierre Victor, Baron De Besenval De Brünstatt
Pierre Victor, baron de Besenval de Brünstatt (born Peter Joseph Viktor Besenval von Brunnstatt; 14 October 1721 – 2 June 1791) was Swiss military officer in French service. Biography Besenval was born in Solothurn, Switzerland, to and Katarzyna Bielińska. His father was a colonel of the regiment of Swiss Guards in the pay of France. Through his mother, Besenval was the grandson of Polish politician Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński. In 1731, Besenval joined the Swiss Guards as cadet. He was promoted to ensign in 1733 and became the commander of the regiment's Besenval company in 1738. In the French army, he was promoted to brigadier in 1747, '' maréchal de camp'' in 1758, and lieutenant-general in 1762, the same year he was appointed inspector-general of the Swiss troops in French service. Besenval served at first as '' aide-de-camp'' to Victor François de Broglie during the campaign of 1748 in Bohemia, then as ''aide-de-camp'' to the Duke of Orléans during the Seven Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Pierre-Victoire, Baron Of Besenval Hermitage
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art. Historical portraitur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette
, house = Habsburg-Lorraine , father = Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor , mother = Maria Theresa , religion = Roman Catholicism , signature = Marie-AntoinetteSignature.png , module = Coat of arms of Marie Antoinette of Austria Marie Antoinette (; ; Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She became dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she became queen. Marie Antoinette's position at court improved when, after eight years of marriage, she started having children. She became increasingly unpopular among the people, however, with the French ''libelles'' accusing her of being pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
