Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850)

1843 Diam: 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm) Citation Source image

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) worked as a typefounder, printer, and editor before achieving fame as a writer with "Le Dernier chouan" in 1829. The creator of the realistic novel, he is considered France's greatest novelist.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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