La damnation de Faust. Apparition de Marguerite

La damnation de Faust. Apparition de Marguerite

Item Information

Title:
La damnation de Faust. Apparition de Marguerite
Description:
In the foreground, Marguerite sits. Her face is turned away and invisible. Her left hand holds the drapery that has slipped from her shoulder, against her bosom and exposes her throat. Above her are two adolescent Cupids. One is winged, naked, and seen in profile. He sits on the clouds and plays a lyre. The other Cupid is almost facing forward and dressed in flowing draperies. He also touches the strings of the lyre. On the right, are the faces of Faust and Mephistopheles.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
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. 83
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 from the book.
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):
First state.
Identifier:
17_10_000082
Barcode:
36666000202230