Vénus et l'Amour (petite planche)
Item Information
- Title:
- Vénus et l'Amour (petite planche)
- Description:
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In the middle of the composition, Venus is seen almost from the front. She sits on a hillock and her right arm is raised. Her forearm is folded so that her hand disappears behind her head. With her other hand, she slightly pulls the drapery that covers her knees. On the lower left, sitting near her, is the child Cupid, completely naked. He plays with his bow. The background landscape is filled with trees and a twilit sky.
- Artist:
- Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
- Name on Item:
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Fantin
- Date:
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1892
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Lithographs
- 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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Goddesses
Gods
Venus (Roman deity)
Cupid (Roman deity)
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- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w92bk437
- Terms of Use:
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- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 101
Additional information accompanying item: Margins rectified. Signed at the bottom to the left, with scraper - "Fantin." Sixth state - the whole plate has been reworked. The sky to the right has been lightened with horizontal strokes. On the same side, the tops of the trees have been lowered half a centimetre. Drapery covers Venus' left knee. Edition of 30 impressions. This impression, signed, is on papier pelure.
- 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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Sixth state.
- Identifier:
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17_10_000114
- Barcode:
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36666000202404
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