person
L'Inconnue de la Seine
the drowned girl
also: the young drowned woman
An unknown young woman drowned in the Seine in the late nineteenth century, whose death mask, with its enigmatic smile, became a mass-produced ornament across Europe. Malte sees the cast hung by the mould-maker's door.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §129 the young drowned woman
L'Inconnue de la Seine: the death mask of an unknown young woman drowned in the Seine, whose serene half-smile made the cast a mass-produced ornament across Europe.