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Louis Lucien, Marquis de Charon

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The last known portrait of Louis Lucien, Marquis de Charon (1769 - 1804?), a proficient musician, brilliant organist, and the uncle and namesake of my OC Lucien de Charon. During the early years of the French Revolution, Louis fled to England where he remained until stability returned to the country with Napoleon's coup to power. He was last seen in public in 1804, leaving a performance at the Opera-Comique, after which he vanished without a trace. Although no solid proof exists, family historians generally agree Louis fell victim to the gruesome de Charon tradition of fratricide, most likely at the hand of his younger brother Etienne who later inherited his titles.

On another note, lately I've been rather frustrated with my art and so I decided to copy something outside my usual style and comfort zone in hopes of stimulating my art. So, I made a study of Fabre's portrait of Lucien Bonaparte, which I've always been fond of for inexplicable reasons. The weakest parts of the work are obviously where I deviated from the original and had to supply my own knowledge, and where I started rushing because I was ready to be done with this, but overall I'm rather satisfied with the result and learned a lot. I'll probably do more of these in future once I've recovered.

(40 hours, rough estimate?)
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Nurt's avatar
seriously. The buttons.