La Gloire

La Gloire

Item Information

Title:
La Gloire
Description:
A poet, in Dantesque costume, sits with his elbow on his book, and seems absorbed in his meditation. On the right and behind him, Glory holds a branch in her left hand and a crown in her right, which she is about to place on the poet's head.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
H. Fantin
Date:
1890
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Poets
Fictitious characters
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 94
Additional information accompanying item: Traces of border in crayon. Second state - with the name "imp. Lemercier et Cie, Paris." Edition of 25 impressions. Stone destroye. Executed in 1890. Reproduced in "le Gratin," of Grenoble, in Nov. 1890. This impression is signed and dedicated to Ed. Maitre.
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):
Second state.
Identifier:
17_10_000449
Barcode:
36666003797830