Bust, Musee Balzac, Chateau de Sache
Bust of Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, marble, 1876, by Anatole Marquet de Vasselot, 1840-1904, from the Musee des Beaux Arts de Tours, in the Musee Balzac at the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Balzac stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13928221
Media ID
45467329
Size
6013px x 8268px
(8.1MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
