L'Enfance du Christ. Repos de la Sainte Famille (2e planche)

L'Enfance du Christ. Repos de la Sainte Famille (2e planche)

Item Information

Title:
L'Enfance du Christ. Repos de la Sainte Famille (2e planche)
Title (alt.):
L'Enfance du Christ (H. Berlioz)
Description:
Under the shade of three palm trees, the virgin sits, holding the baby Jesus on her knees. Saint Joseph is standing behind her. On the left in the foreground, is a winged angel on his knees and prostrate in adoration. Behind him, another angel is kneeling and his eyes are raised to the sky. Above the group, a flying angel drops flowers; behind this angel is another flying angel, with clasped hands. (Berlioz, The Childhood of Christ, 2nd part)
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
H. Fantin
Date:
1881
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Families
Angels
Saints
Spiritual leaders
Jesus Christ
Joseph, Saint
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Enfance du Christ. Repos de la Sainte Famille.
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item or material accompanying item.
Hédiard: H. 36
Additional information accompanying item: In the lower margin "Lachèse et Dolbeau, Angers. H. Fantin. L'Enfance du Christ. H. Berlioz." Executed in 1881. This is a reproduction of no. 28. In the upper left corner, the figure of the flying angel's clasped hands and the palm trees appear more clearly against the luminous sky.
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_000436
Barcode:
36666003797962