Portrait of gwynplaine on the stage of the green-box. This oil painting by georges-antoine rochegrosse served as a model for the engraving by fortuné méaulle reproduced on page 1 of victor hugo's novel, l'homme qui rit, in the édition hugues (1886). The illustration corresponds to the text of the second part "by order of the king", book ii "gwynplaine and dea", chapter i "where we see the face of the one whose actions we have so far seen only". Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1886. Dimensions: height: 40.6 cm (15.9 in); width: 32.8 cm (12.9 in). Medium: oil on carton. Collection: Maison de Victor Hugo. L'Homme qui rit - Gwynplaine, par Rochegrosse
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