Musique et poésie

Musique et poésie

Item Information

Title:
Musique et poésie
Description:
In the foreground on the right, the Poet sits at the foot of a bunch of trees. He is looking down and immersed in his reverie. His dreams are expressed by two allegorical figures sitting on the clouds: Music, in profile, holding a lyre; and behind her, Poetry, who is seen from the front and has an open book on her knees.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
H. Fantin
Date:
1883
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
Dreaming
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 46
Additional information accompanying item: Margins not rectified. Upper margin - "Musique et Poésie." Second state - with the name "Imp. Lemercier et Cie, Paris." Edition of 25 impressions. Stone destroyed. Executed in 1883. This impression is signed and dedicated to Mme. L. 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_000357
Barcode:
36666000192167