XXI

XXI

Item Information

Title:
XXI
Description:
The Muse, completely naked, sits on a bench. Her fair hair falls in curls to her shoulders. Her left elbow rests on a lyre. She looks to the right at Cupid who seems to speak to her, while kneeling and in profile. There is foliage in the background.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
H. Fantin
Date:
1903
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Book illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Goddesses
Muses (Greek deities)
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 169
Additional information accompanying item: Margins not rectified. Upper margin "no. 9." Right margin - sketch of a nude woman at 3/4 left, the face turned and invisible. Lower margin - signature - "H. Fantin." 5 trial proofs. Imp. Clot. Edition of 633 imps. An illustration for "Les Poésies d'André Chénier" in the Hérédia edition. This impression is trial proof.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; 1949
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Hédiard, Germain. "Fantin-Latour : catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographique du maître, précédé d'une étude par Germain Hédiard et d'une notice sur Germain Hédiard par Léonce Bénédite." Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne, 1906, Paris.
Notes (object):
Only state.
Identifier:
17_10_000470
Barcode:
36666003797624