person
Honoré de Balzac
Balzac
French novelist (1799-1850); subject of Rodin's cloaked, challenging Monument to Balzac (1891-98), the culmination of his walking figures.
Reading notes
- Auguste Rodin §26 Balzac
Rodin's Monument to Balzac (1891-98), the great cloaked, defiant figure of the novelist Honoré de Balzac; the climax of his walking figures.