Louis Charles Antoine Desaix
French general
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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PortraitsEdit
PaintingsEdit
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Desaix, painted by Andrea Appiani, 1800/1801
EngravingEdit
Drawn when Desaix was aliveEdit
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Portrait (1798) By Jean Urbain Guérin, 1760 - 1836
SculptureEdit
Great St Bernard Hospice / Hospice du Grand-Saint-BernardEdit
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This bust was carried out according to his death mask by Angelo Pizzi in Milan.
Palace of Versailles / Château de VersaillesEdit
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The bust of Desaix by Joseph Chinard (Musée du Château de Versailles).
Strasbourg Historical Museum / Musée historique de StrasbourgEdit
Triumphal arch of Marseille / Arc de Triomphe de la porte d'Aix, MarseilleEdit
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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).
MonumentsEdit
Clermont-Ferrand (Place de Jaude)Edit
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Sculpted by Nanteuil, 1848
Strasbourg (Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny)Edit
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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