# Little Jacques — His Masterpiece character guide

> Little Jacques in His Masterpiece by Émile Zola.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jacques

**First appearance:** 0001-his-masterpiece

## Who they are

Claude and Christine's young son.

## Relationships

### [Christine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_masterpiece_se/characters/christine)

_family_

Christine is the devoted mother of Little Jacques, her son with Claude, and her love for him is her only solace in a miserable marriage.

### [Christine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_masterpiece_se/characters/christine)

_family_

Christine is the devoted mother of Little Jacques, her son with Claude, and her love for him is her only solace in a miserable marriage.

## In the story

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_masterpiece_se/chapters/vi)

Claude and Christine's child, used by Claude as a subject for his art, causing tension with Christine.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_masterpiece_se/chapters/viii)

Suffers from neglect as Christine's tenderness shifts to Claude; he becomes merely a testimony of their past passion.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_masterpiece_se/chapters/ix)

Is poorly and locked in the back room while Christine poses.

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