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Portrait of Gautier (1811-1872) who became a leader of the Parnassian group of poets

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The Marquise de Brinvilliers before execution mb-code 42-43528051 Portrait of Gautier (1811-1872) whoThe Marquise de Brinvilliers before execution, 1676 (1956). Marie Madeleine Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (1630 1676) was a French noblewoman and serial killer who poisoned several members of her family in order to inherit their property. She was beheaded and burnt at the stake for her crimes. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers