Frontispiece: Truth
<p>In addition to the work of Wagner, Fantin was influenced by other great operas composed during his lifetime. In this lithograph a muse inscribes the names of composers whose music most inspired Fantin' s lithographs. The trumpeting figure above the scroll symbolizes fame.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1885
- Dimensions
- Image: 45.7 × 32.2 cm (18 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 69.5 × 52.4 cm (27 3/8 × 20 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
- 1885
- Dimensions
- Image: 45.7 × 32.2 cm (18 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 69.5 × 52.4 cm (27 3/8 × 20 11/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1885-063528
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified