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Charlotte Corday being conducted to her execution, by Arturo Michelena (1889). The warden carries the red blouse worn by Corday and the painter Hauer stands at the right. Following her sentencing Corday asked the court if her portrait could be painted, purportedly to record her true self.
Jean-Jacques Hauer or Johann Jakob Hauer (10 March 1751 – 3 June 1829) was a German painter active in France. Hauer is known to have painted the portrait of Charlotte Corday before her execution.
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This included most notably the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday in 1793. [1] Renault's interrogators also suggested that her assassination plot was a retaliation effort. Her lover had recently been sentenced to death via guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety. [1]
— Jean-Paul Marat (13 July 1793), to his wife, after being stabbed by Charlotte Corday "One man have I slain to save a hundred thousand." [6] [al] — Charlotte Corday (17 July 1793), prior to execution by guillotine "I shall look forward to a pleasant time." [41] — John Hancock, American merchant, statesman and Patriot (8 October 1793 ...
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