Portrait of louis guéymard in the title role of giacomo meyerbeer's opera robert le diable, in the last scene of act 1 in which robert gambles with dice, loses his entire estate, and sings the aria "l’or est une chimère" (gold is but an illusion). Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1857. Dimensions: height: 58.5 in (148.5 cm); width: 42 in (106.6 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Louis Guéymard. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Louis Guéymard as Robert le Diable by Gustave Courbet - The Metropolitan Museum of Art 436015 (cropped)
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