Beatrice and Benedict, Act I: Nocturne, from Hector Berlioz's Opera "Beatrice and Benedict (1862)"
<p>Here Henri Fantin-Latour depicted a scene from <em>Béatrice et Bénédict</em>, Hector Berlioz’s 1862 opera version of Shakespeare’s <em>Much Ado about Nothing</em>. In this moody nighttime scene from the lighthearted opera, Héro and her maidservant, Ursule, discuss Héro’s love for the young Claudio. The moon is high in the sky, and the two young women are shrouded in darkness as they talk and embrace one another.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1883
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.6 × 15.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 22 cm (12 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Henri Fantin-Latour
Artist
Painting
Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
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- Henri Fantin-Latour
- Year
- 1883
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.6 × 15.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 22 cm (12 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1883-063603
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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