Louis Charles Antoine Desaix
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English: Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (August 17, 1768 - June 14, 1800) was a French General and military leader. (According to the usage of the time, in order to be distinguished from his brother, he took the name Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux.)
Français : Louis Charles Antoine Desaix est un général français né à Ayat-sur-Sioule, en Auvergne, (France)
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Date of birth | 17 August 1768 Ayat-sur-Sioule | ||||
Date of death | 14 June 1800 Spinetta Marengo | ||||
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This bust was carried out according to his death mask by Angelo Pizzi in Milan.
Palace of Versailles / Château de Versailles
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Plaster cast from an original at the Louvre, after Angelo Pizzi (1775-1819).
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Plaster cast from an original at the Louvre, after Angelo Pizzi (1775-1819).
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Arc de triomphe de Marseille, bas relief d'Étienne Jules Ramey représentant la victoire de Marengo à travers la mort de Desaix).
Monuments
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Sculpted by Nanteuil, 1848
Strasbourg (Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny)
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Cenotaph dedicated to Desaix in the Île aux Épis near Strasbourg, by Frédéric Weinbrenner, (Architect) and Landolin Ohmacht, (Sculptor), 1802
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Actual view in Strasbourg
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Actual view in Strasbourg
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Detail showing Desaix's death
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The colossal helmet crowning the monument
Paris (Musée du Louvre)
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