Madame Tussaud
by Jaroslav Buna
Title
Madame Tussaud
Artist
Jaroslav Buna
Medium
Photograph - Photography-artistic Photography
Description
Madame Tussaud was a real person, Anna Maria Grosholtz (1761–1850). Born in Strasbourg, France, she moved to Switzerland, where she served as a housekeeper to a physician in Bern. Making a wax mask of dead person or casting a model of celebrity’s hand was at the time one of the few ways of preserving the person’s image for future generations and it has been a physician’s job. Taught by her master and skilled herself in waxworks, young woman moved to Paris, married François Tussaud and witnessed the violence of the French Revolution of years 1789 - 1799. The story goes, that she made hundreds of death masks and head sculptures of executed aristocrats, often pulling more interesting head from the pile of hundreds decapitated bodies.
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September 20th, 2018
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 October: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (October 25, 2018)
Cindy Treger
Jaroslav, interesting POV in this great capture. I can't imagine pulling a head from a pile of heads to make a wax mask. f/l
Marija Djedovic
Beautiful image and great description, I have visited the gallery in London :) Liked
Hazel Holland
Great perspective and lighting in this capture along with very informative description, Jaroslav! L/F