Maximilien Robespierre
French lawyer Maximilien Robespierre was a prominent politician associated with the French Revolution. He openly advocated for universal manhood suffrage, religious tolerance, the abolition of celibacy, and abolishing slavery in the French colonies. He played an integral part in establishing the First French Republic and was elected deputy to the National Convention. However, he is best known for being a central figure during the “Reign of Terror” in France. Researchers have used modern technology, to determine what the French politician actually looked like.
Maximilien Robespierre
What Maximilien Robespierre Really Looked Like
In 2013, Philippe Charlier, a forensic pathologist, and Philippe Froesch, a facial reconstruction specialist, teamed up to make a rendering of the face of the French Revolution’s poster boy. Aside from the artwork of Robespierre (created to flatter him), the two used Robespierre’s death mask, said to have been made by Madame Tussaud herself. She made the mask using Robespierre’s decapitated head. Robespierre was executed on July 28, 1794.
What Maximilien Robespierre Really Looked Like
