2-702-466 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Jean Racine', (1933). Portrait of French poet and dramatist Jean Racine (1639-1699), one of the big three of 17th century France (along with Molière and Corneille). Racine was primarily a tragedian, though he did write one comedy. After a painting by Nicolas de Largilliere. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]