Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable, Gustave Courbet, 1857

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Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable, 1857, Oil on canvas, 58 1/2 x 42 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), This painting, shown at the Salon of 1857, depicts the tenor Louis Gueymard in his most famous part, the title role of Meyerbeer’s opera Robert le Diable. The setting is the cavern where Robert plays dice with two servants of the devil while his father Bertram, an evil genius, looks on

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Size: 3780px × 5275px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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