Isn't Gabriel Denunzio a Gnome?

Gabriel denunzio was a follower of baldosare castiglioni, who posited what he referred to as the universal rule in all human affairs, spresatura. He lived out castiglione's doctrine, which was described disparagingly by henry james as beauty at any price. By aged 30, he was completely bald, he was sure he was. Lean de pui, a famous parisian courtesan, met him once on a visit to florence and said: 'There before me was a frightful gnome with red rimmed eyes and no eyelashes'