The Hidden Masterpiece
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
The Hidden Masterpiece - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Chef-d%27%C5%93uvre_inconnu Release date is 2004-11-01
Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger
"The Hidden Masterpiece" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story first published in 1831. Set in seventeenth-century Paris, it follows young painter Nicolas Poussin as he encounters the enigmatic master Frenhofer, who has spent ten years perfecting a secret painting of a beautiful courtesan. When Poussin offers his own lover as a model to help complete the work, the unveiling of Frenhofer's hidden canvas leads to an unexpected revelation about art, obsession, and the gap between vision and reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Biographical fiction France -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English Painters -- Fiction Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 -- Fiction
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The Hidden Masterpiece - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Chef-d%27%C5%93uvre_inconnu Release date is 2004-11-01
Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger
"The Hidden Masterpiece" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story first published in 1831. Set in seventeenth-century Paris, it follows young painter Nicolas Poussin as he encounters the enigmatic master Frenhofer, who has spent ten years perfecting a secret painting of a beautiful courtesan. When Poussin offers his own lover as a model to help complete the work, the unveiling of Frenhofer's hidden canvas leads to an unexpected revelation about art, obsession, and the gap between vision and reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Biographical fiction France -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English Painters -- Fiction Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 -- Fiction
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