among many other skills, cyrano de bergerac was a rare jester. he played that role without makeup or costume, but if he'd painted and dressed, this is just how he'd have looked. the best clowns make us laugh at their sadness, and he was as sad as any of them. that's my takeaway from this wonderful portrait: tristesse, not creepy.
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