Oh, wait, I knew there was another one! The "hot or not" report from Guy de Valory, French ambassador, writing in an official capacity back to Versailles:
"He is small and of noble comportment. His build is irregular; his hips sit too high and his legs are too fat. He has handsome blue eyes, which bulge out a little too much, but which easily betray his mood; so that their expression changes according to his different states of mind...His hair is thick, he has a winning mouth and nose, his smile is amiable and spiritual, but often bitter and mocking."
Other people who commented on Fritz's eyes being the most striking part of his appearance: Voltaire, Catt, Countess Egloffstein, Lafayette. Given the intensity of his personality, that does not surprise me at all.
"The French seem to have been particularly susceptible to Frederick's big blue eyes—'the most beautiful I have ever seen' was the verdict of the Marquis de Lafayette, who had looked into quite a few beautiful eyes in his time—quoted in Bernd Klesmann, 'Friedrich II. und Frankreich: Faszination und Skepsis,' in Friederisiko, Ausstellung, p. 144."
Ha! Lafayette/Fritz? :P
Voltaire, like Valory, also seems to have found Fritz's smile attractive, at least before their falling out. Somebody write Fritz/Voltaire :P
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Re: What the Prussian Ambassador Wrote
Date: 2019-11-09 11:16 pm (UTC)"He is small and of noble comportment. His build is irregular; his hips sit too high and his legs are too fat. He has handsome blue eyes, which bulge out a little too much, but which easily betray his mood; so that their expression changes according to his different states of mind...His hair is thick, he has a winning mouth and nose, his smile is amiable and spiritual, but often bitter and mocking."
Other people who commented on Fritz's eyes being the most striking part of his appearance: Voltaire, Catt, Countess Egloffstein, Lafayette. Given the intensity of his personality, that does not surprise me at all.
"The French seem to have been particularly susceptible to Frederick's big blue eyes—'the most beautiful I have ever seen' was the verdict of the Marquis de Lafayette, who had looked into quite a few beautiful eyes in his time—quoted in Bernd Klesmann, 'Friedrich II. und Frankreich: Faszination und Skepsis,' in Friederisiko, Ausstellung, p. 144."
Ha! Lafayette/Fritz? :P
Voltaire, like Valory, also seems to have found Fritz's smile attractive, at least before their falling out.
Somebody write Fritz/Voltaire:P