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.
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.