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10 June 1873

Arthur Rimbaud, wounded  by his close îiend Paul Verlaine,

lying in bed at Mrs (Anne) Pincemaille's flat. Painted by Jef Rosmans

 

Who, Where, Why?

A good idea of what happened between these days was explained by Bernard Bousmanne in his book:

Reviens, reviens, cher ami - Rimbaud - Verlaine, l'affaire de Bruxelles -

avec la collaboration de la bibliothèque royale de Belgique (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 2006)

On the other side a lot of various contradictorious versions has been made as we found  in the following publication

(De Standaard, "Cultuur en Media", p. 29 - wednesday 20 Oct 2004)

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Arthur Rimbaud

as seen by his close îiend Paul Verlaine in : "The Accused Poets":

"The man was tall, well-built, almost athletic, with the perfectly oval face of an angel in exile,

 with untidy light brown hair and eyes of a disturbing pale blue"

see also the Biography of Arthur Rimbaud, °1854 Charleville, Ard 08, î- +1891; Marseille, î

 

 

 

"Rimbaud wounded - 1873"

painting by Jef Rosman. Collection Rimbaud's Museum, Charleville.
© photograph all right reserved.

 

 

Behind Rimbaud is written :

 

Epilogue  

   à la  

Française.  

 

 

Portrait du  

Français  

Arthur  

Rimbaud  

blessé après

boire par son

intime le  

poète Français

Paul Verlaine.

Sur  

nature  

par  

 

Jef Rosman  

 

 

 

 

chez

Me Pincemaille,

marchande de

tabac, Rue des

Bouchers à

Bruxelles.

 

 

 

 

"French epilogue / Portrait of the French Arthur Rimbaud, wounded after drink by his close îiend the French poet Paul Verlaine / Painted from life by Jef Rosman / at Mrs Pincemaille's flat, tobacconist's shopassistant, Rue Des Bouchers in Brussels"