# Elias Magus — Shorts from Scenes from Private Life character guide

> Elias Magus in Shorts from Scenes from Private Life by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ulysses, Magus, Elias, old Elias

**First appearance:** 0021-pierre-grassou

## Who they are

An old Jewish art dealer and usurer.

## In the story

### [Pierre Grassou](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shorts_from_scenes_from_private_life_se/chapters/pierre-grassou)

A picture-dealer who commissions Grassou to paint copies of old masters, later revealed to have sold them as originals.

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