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| Wax bust of Curtius, Musée Carnavalet |
Every so often you find a portrait from the 18th century that gives you a sudden sense of the real living breathing person. This waxwork self-portrait of Madame Tussaud's adoptive uncle and mentor Philippe Curtius does just that - and the sensation is not entirely pleasant! The bust, which is life size, is stuffed rather unceremoniously into a corner at the Musée Carnavalet; in fact I rather think it shares a cabinet with that horrible papier-mâché Voltaire....
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