Vénus et l'Amour (grande planche)

Vénus et l'Amour (grande planche)

Item Information

Title:
Vénus et l'Amour (grande planche)
Description:
The goddess, seen from three quarters of her back, is turned to the right. She is sitting on the ground and her upper body is naked. She indicates to Cupid, who flies, armed with his bow, the direction he must take. There is a bush of greenery on the left and dark water and a clear sky on the right.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
Fantin
Date:
1896
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Goddesses
Gods
Venus (Roman deity)
Cupid (Roman deity)
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 131
Additional information accompanying item: Margins not rectified. Second state - the entire plate reworked and finished. Signature below, to the left "Fantin." 5 trial proofs before the edition, which appeared in "Les Peintres Graveurs," 1896. 105 impressions. Executed in 1896 Imp. Clot. This impression is dedicated to Mr. Tempelaere.
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_000440
Barcode:
36666003797921