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A French nobleman, debtor, womanizer, and former prisoner, Mirabeau (1749-1791) rose to prominence in the early stages of the French Revolution to become a voice of the people. He served as a leader of the moderate position, utilizing his abilities as a strong orator to argue the virtues of a constitutional monarchy. Mirabeau died in 1791 a great hero. However, by the following year he was suddenly viewed as a traitor; his reputation forever tarnished with the knowledge that beginning in 1790 the supposed revolutionary was in the pocket of Louis XVI and his Austrian allies.
Following Mirabeau's death the great French sculpter Houdon took a deathmask before the news broke of his treachery. But rather than giving him the commission for a bust, the Jacobits threw open the projects to competition. Deseine ultimately won the prize, with a model based on the deathmask. Another version of this bust belongs to the Museé des beaux-arts, Rennes.
Following Mirabeau's death the great French sculpter Houdon took a deathmask before the news broke of his treachery. But rather than giving him the commission for a bust, the Jacobits threw open the projects to competition. Deseine ultimately won the prize, with a model based on the deathmask. Another version of this bust belongs to the Museé des beaux-arts, Rennes.