Sculpture, Musee Balzac, Chateau de Sache
Head of Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, terracotta, 1891-92, study after the Conducteur de Tours, by Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, from the Musee Rodin in Paris, 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
13928220
Media ID
45467304
Size
8268px x 6177px
(7.2MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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