    
Title: Monsieur De La Motte Description: A portrait of Monsieur de la Motte, husband of Madame de la Motte (Jeanne de Valois; Jeanne de Saint-Remy-de Luz; July 22, 1756-August 23, 1791), a French noblewoman and adventuress; known best for her prominent role in "the Affair of the Necklace;" she assured French Cardinal Rohan (Louis-Rene Edouard; September 25, 1734-February 16, 1803) that Marie Antoinette (November 2, 1755-October 16, 1793), queen of France, wished to buy a necklace of 540 diamonds through his intermediary;; no one else could afford to buy the necklace but the queen's husband, King Louis XVI (August 23, 1754-January 21, 1793), wanted to buy it for her to celebrate the birth of their daughter Marie Therese Charlotte (December 19, 1778-October 19, 1851); she wisely said no and that he should instead spend the money building up the French navy; gossips accused the queen of taking part in a crime to defraud the crown jewelers Bohmer and Bassenge of the cost of the very expensive multi-tiered necklace; Monsieur de la Motte fled to England to auction some of the diamonds; the affair was one of the events that led to the French people becoming disillusioned with the extravagant monarchy which, among other causes, led to the French Revolution (1787-1799); Category: Marie Antoinette Keywords: Affair of the necklace, France, French kings, French queens, French Revolution (1787-1799), jewelry, monarchy, necklaces, queens, queens of France. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1500 x 1694 (2.54 MPixels) (1.13) Print Size: 12.7 x 14.3 cm; 5.0 x 5.6 inches File Size: 7.30 MB (7,655,242 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000259003 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
