A Johannes Brahms (grande planche)

A Johannes Brahms (grande planche)

Item Information

Title:
A Johannes Brahms (grande planche)
Description:
In the middle of the composition, the Muse, seen in profile, raises a garland of foliage with both hands and presents it at the monument of Brahms. On the right, Fame, a flying figure, holds her trumpet with one hand and with her other hand she holds out a palm for the Muse. Lower down, on the same side, Music cries on his lyre. On the left, smoke rises from a perfume burner.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
H. Fantin
Date:
1900
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Composers
Fictitious characters
Monuments & memorials
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 153
Additional information accompanying item: Margins not rectified. Signature below, to the right - "H. Fantin." Lower margin - "A Johannes Brahms." 3 trial proofs, followed by 30 impressions. Stone destroyed. Executed in 1900. Imp. Clot. This is a trial proof, designated as such in the artist's own handwriting.
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):
Only state.
Identifier:
17_10_000332
Barcode:
36666003797327