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A portrait of Balzac by Jean-Alfred Gerard-Seguin. Of it Balzac wrote to Mme Hanska: 'Only the outer man is displayed - it is the beast with no trace of poetry, and after condemning him, the artist wanted to show him up.' Balzac gave the portrait to the Contessa Guidaboni-Visconti.

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A portrait of Balzac by Jean-Alfred Gerard-Seguin. Of it Balzac wrote to Mme Hanska: 'Only the outer man is displayed - it is the beast with no trace of poetry, and after condemning him, the artist wanted to show him up.' Balzac gave the portrait to the Contessa Guidaboni-Visconti.

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2672 x 3337 px | 25.5 MB

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22.6 x 28.3 cm | 8.9 x 11.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

BALZAC (BOOK TITLE) • BALZAC (HONORE DE) • CAMEO • DOUBLE CHIN • FRANCE • FRANCIA • FRANKREICH • FRENCH • HEAD AND SHOULDERS • MOUSTACHE • NOVELIST • OVAL • PAINTING • PARTIST • PORTLY • PORTRAIT • PRITCHETT V S (AUTHOR) • SIDEBURNS