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  1. Mar 20, 2019 · Eventually Curtius, who was quite skilled at wax modeling, was convinced to move to Paris and began to create not only anatomical wax models, but also likenesses of famous people of the day. Madame Tussaud, after a drawing attributed to Francis Tussaud.

  2. Oct 19, 2018 · She learned, however, that her husband was squandering all the money she sent, to the point that François was later forced to sell the part of the waxwork collection that remained in Paris.

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  3. Jan 21, 2013 · By 1776, Curtius had moved to Paris where his models fascinated the crowds and he started a “cabinet de cire” (wax exhibition) in the Palais Royal.

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  4. This wax figure of "Sleeping Beauty" (actually said to be a mistress of Louis XV) was recast from an original mold made by Marie Tussaud herself, and can now be seen at Tussauds London.

  5. Mar 8, 2018 · After impressing the visiting Prince de Conti, a cousin of Louis XV, with a small museum of anatomical wax miniatures produced as part of his medical practice, he accepted patronage to pursue wax modeling as his primary vocation in Paris.

  6. Before opening her famous museum in London, Madame Tussaud, née Marie Grosholz, trained in Paris at Curtius’s waxworks. It was during the French Revolution, after Curtius died, that she inherited his wax museum.

  7. 1777 Marie models the famous author and philosopher, Francois Voltaire. 1780 Marie becomes art tutor to King Louis XVI’s sister and goes to live at the Royal Court in Versailles. 1789 On the eve of The French Revolution, Marie returns to Paris.

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