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)

Galego: Louis Charles Antoine Desaix foi un xeneral francés nacido en Ayat-sur-Sioule

PortraitsEdit

PaintingsEdit

Desaix, painted by Andrea Appiani, 1800/1801
The Death of Desaix 1806, painted by Jean Broc, 1806

EngravingEdit

Drawn when Desaix was aliveEdit

Portrait (1798) By Jean Urbain Guérin, 1760 - 1836

SculptureEdit

Great St Bernard Hospice / Hospice du Grand-Saint-BernardEdit

This bust was carried out according to his death mask by Angelo Pizzi in Milan.

Palace of Versailles / Château de VersaillesEdit

The bust of Desaix by Joseph Chinard (Musée du Château de Versailles).

Strasbourg Historical Museum / Musée historique de StrasbourgEdit

Plaster cast from an original at the Louvre, after Angelo Pizzi (1775-1819).
Plaster cast from an original at the Louvre, after Angelo Pizzi (1775-1819).

Triumphal arch of Marseille / Arc de Triomphe de la porte d'Aix, MarseilleEdit

Arc de triomphe de Marseille, bas relief d'Étienne Jules Ramey représentant la victoire de Marengo à travers la mort de Desaix).

MonumentsEdit

Clermont-Ferrand (Place de Jaude)Edit

Sculpted by Nanteuil, 1848

Strasbourg (Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny)Edit

Cenotaph dedicated to Desaix in the Île aux Épis near Strasbourg, by Frédéric Weinbrenner, (Architect) and Landolin Ohmacht, (Sculptor), 1802
Actual view in Strasbourg
Actual view in Strasbourg
Detail showing Desaix's death
The colossal helmet crowning the monument