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Corbet's portrait of the French tenor Louis Guéymard depicts him in the title role of Meyerbeer's opera Robert le diable. In this final scene of act 1, Robert gambles with dice, loses his entire estate, and sings the aria "L'or est une chimère" (Gold is but an illusion). After many further vicissitudes and dabbling in witchcraft, Robert finally marries his beloved Isabelle and his evil father is dragged down to hell.
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