In another work by this author, the title artwork is revealed to be a portrait of Catherine Lescault, and that work focuses on Frenholfer and the painter Nicholas Poussin.
In Christopher Middleton's In the Mirror of the Eighth King, the face of this author appears on the walls of the buildings of a village every month. One novel by this author chronicles the "alchemist of Devil's House," the chemist Balthasar Claes. In another work by this author, the title artwork is revealed to be a portrait of Catherine Lescault, and that work focuses on Frenholfer and the painter Nicholas Poussin. In addition to The Quest for the Absolute and The Unknown Masterpiece, this author also wrote a novel about a resident of the Pension Vouquer who is constantly selling his silver spoons in order to get by. He also wrote about scientist David Sechard and the aspiring poet Lucien Chardon in another work. This author also wrote about Raphael Valentin, whose repeated wishing causes for the title object to shrink repeatedly. For 10 points, name this author of Lost Illusions and The Wild Ass's Skin, who also created the character of Eugene Rastignac in his Pere Goriot.
In Christopher Middleton's In the Mirror of the Eighth King, the face of this author appears on the walls of the buildings of a village every month.
Honore de Balzac