Vénus et l'Amour (2e planche)

Vénus et l'Amour (2e planche)

Item Information

Title:
Vénus et l'Amour (2e planche)
Description:
Venus, seen from the front, is entirely naked. A drape that is stretches out on a hillock, serves as a bed for her luminous body. Her left hand touches her hair. In the foreground, Cupid sits up. He holds an inverted, smoking torch. There is dark foliage in the background and faraway landscape on the left.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
Fantin
Date:
1895
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. 124
Additional information accompanying item: Second state - the entire plate reworked. The frame in pencil has been obliterated. Signature below, to the right - "Fantin." Plain margins. 9 trial proofs before the edition, which appeared in the December 15, 1895, number of "l'Estampe moderne," of which 132 copies were printed. This impression is a trial proof.
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_000141
Barcode:
36666000202669