(1799-1850) French novelist and playwright most famous for Eugenie Grandet and La Comedie Humaine.

Honore de Balzac

(1799-1850) French novelist and playwright most famous for Eugenie Grandet and La Comedie Humaine.

Relief sculpture of a Genius from Assyria.

Genius

Relief sculpture of a Genius from Assyria.

Relief sculpture of a Genius from Assyria (detail).

Genius

Relief sculpture of a Genius from Assyria (detail).

"Genius Loci" — Gayley, 1893

Genius Loci

"Genius Loci" — Gayley, 1893