The shoe that Marie Antoinette lost when she tripped going up the steps to the guillotine on the morning of her execution, 16 October 1793.
In the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France. (1162×841)
The shoe that Marie Antoinette lost when she tripped going up the steps to the guillotine on the morning of her execution, 16 October 1793.
In the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France. (1162×841)
It looks tiny! Do we have an estimate for the modern size? It’s also an interesting combo of colours, more earthy than I imagined her liking, but I’m sure she wasn’t pastel all day every day.
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It looks tiny! Do we have an estimate for the modern size? It’s also an interesting combo of colours, more earthy than I imagined her liking, but I’m sure she wasn’t pastel all day every day.