Vérité

Vérité

Item Information

Title:
Vérité
Description:
At the top of the composition, Fame flies by blowing her trumpet which she holds with her right hand. With her left hand, she supports one end of a tablet. The other end of the tablet is supported by a little child Cupid. Near him, another little Cupid brings a palm. Truth, naked and seen from behind, comes out of the well. Her left knee is placed on the circular margin that occupies the bottom of the composition. She holds a long drapery in her left arm and in her right hand she holds a stylet. She finishes engraving on the tablet the name of Berlioz. In the distance, there is a landscape where the sky and the hills are reflected in the water.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
H. Fantin
Date:
1888
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Book illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Composers
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 76
Handwritten on item: Epreuve d'auteur. Af. Jullien
Additional information accompanying item: Executed in 1888 as an illustration for "Hector Berlioz, sa vie et ses oeuvres," by Adolphe Jullien. 7 or 8 trial proofs. This impression is a 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.
Identifier:
17_10_000063
Barcode:
36666000202040