manuel cohen

Bust, Musee Balzac, Chateau de Sache, Indre-et-Loire, France

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

Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: LC23_FRANCE_MC_0266.jpg
Image Size: 6013x8268 / 7.7MB; www.manuelcohen.com; 1876 19th century Anatole Marquet de Vasselot art author Balzac bust Centre Centre-Val de Loire chateau Chateau de Sache collection color image colour image Europe European fine arts France French head heritage historic monument history home Honore de Balzac house indoors Indre et Loire Indre-et-Loire inside interior Jean Argonne literature Loire Valley manor house marble monument historique Musee Balzac museum novelist playwright portrait portraiture Renaissance residence Sache sculpture theater theatre Touraine vertical Western Europe Western European writer
Contained in galleries

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