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Esmeralda
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About this work
The gypsy girl Esmeralda was the hunchback Quasimodo’s love interest in Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a book so popular that it made a hero out of its author. In the novel, Esmeralda is the victim of a coward’s rage and sentenced to death by hanging, and only the love of the deformed Quasimodo can save her. The story ends when he dies, defending Esmeralda from an angry mob.
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Credit lineEsmeralda. ca. 1870-1900. Raffaelo Romanelli, Italian, born Florence, Italy 1856-died Florence, Italy 1928. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Florence Ebbs. CC0.
