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· French · 1855–1921

Robert de Montesquiou

Poet, aesthete, and aristocrat who opened the doors of high society to the young Proust after they met at Madeleine Lemaire's in 1893 — one of several models absorbed into the novel's composite characters.

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Lived
1855–1921
Born
1855
Died
1921
Nationality
French
Roles
Poet

People Robert de Montesquiou Knew

Relationships with other people, with sources for each connection.

Illustrated portrait of Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust

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Met · 1893

Met 13 April 1893 at a dinner given by Madeleine Lemaire. The poet-aesthete opened aristocratic doors the young Proust could not; his manner and milieu fed the novel's composite characters.

— Proust Ink — Marcel Proust chronology (ed. William C. Carter)

Robert de Montesquiou’s Places

The cataloged places connected to Robert de Montesquiou — through the books, and through the documented record.

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Present-day color view of the pale stone frontage and numbered entrance at 20 rue Jacob

Salon · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

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20 rue Jacob

Montesquiou is named among the early participants in the salon, in its first years after 1909. The end year is his death; no individual visit is dated.

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Connections and Sources

Robert de Montesquiou’s connections to people, places, and works, with the sources behind each one.

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20 rue Jacob

Montesquiou is named among the early participants in the salon, in its first years after 1909. The end year is his death; no individual visit is dated.

— Anne Charles, Barney Opens Her Paris Salon (2022)

Met · 1893

Marcel Proust

Met 13 April 1893 at a dinner given by Madeleine Lemaire. The poet-aesthete opened aristocratic doors the young Proust could not; his manner and milieu fed the novel's composite characters.

— Proust Ink — Marcel Proust chronology (ed. William C. Carter)

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References

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  1. 1Proust Ink — Marcel Proust chronology (ed. William C. Carter)

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  2. 2Barney Opens Her Paris Salon

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    EBSCO Research Starters, 2022
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