La damnation de Faust. Apparition de Marguerite
Item Information
- Title:
- La damnation de Faust. Apparition de Marguerite
- Description:
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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
- Name on Item:
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H. Fantin
- Date:
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1888
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Lithographs
Book illustrations
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
- Subjects:
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Composers
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
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- Terms of Use:
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- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 83
Additional information accompanying item: Executed as an illustration for "Hector Berlioz, sa vie et ses oeuvres," by Adolphe Jullien, in 1888. 7 or 8 trial proofs. This impression is a signed trial proof.
- Notes (acquisition):
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Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; 1949
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
- Notes (citation):
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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):
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First state.
- Identifier:
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17_10_000083
- Barcode:
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36666000202248
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