1890 ca, FRANCE : The french dandy writer and poet Comte ROBERT DE MONTESQUIOU (1855 - 1921), model for the role of Baron de Charlus in Marcel Prouse La Recherche du Temps perdu. Friend of italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, Jean Cocteau, Giovanni Boldini, Jean Lorrain and Marchesa Luisa Casati