The Unknown Masterpiece: La Comédie Humaine: Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu by Honoré de Balzac

The Unknown Masterpiece: La Comédie Humaine: Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu

La Comédie Humaine #71

Honoré de Balzac with Katharine Prescott Wormeley (Translator)

32 pages first pub 1831 (editions)

fiction art classics reflective slow-paced
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Young Nicolas Poussin, as yet unknown, visits the painter Porbus in his workshop. He is accompanied by the old master Frenhofer who comments expertly on the large tableau that Porbus has just finished. The painting is of Mary of Egypt, and while F...

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