The image we
know of Éliphas Lévi where he appears the youngest is a portrait drawn by one
of his friends in 1836, when at that time he was a young revolutionary 26 years
old.
The following picture
is a portrait
that he himself painted probably in 1845. The original in color I placed it at
the beginning of the article, and this seems to be a black and white copy that
he sent to his beloved.
The next
picture was painted by one of his friends in 1848, when he was 38 years old. He
appears as a monk since he was abbot for a time.
The following picture is a painting that was made in 1850
and belonged to Mrs. Gebhard. That corresponds to the time when he became
interested in esotericism.
The
following photo was taken in 1861 by Dr. Rozier.
The
following image was made in 1862, while Éliphas Lévi was 52 years old and he
was already a renowned esotericist.
And the
following picture was taken two years later:
The following photo was taken in
1872 and it was preserved (as well as several of the previous pictures) by Mr.
Henri Chenevier who is a descendant of Éliphas Lévi.
And this
last image is the portrait painted by Ch. Revel in 1874, a year before the
death of Éliphas Lévi.
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