L'Éducation de l'Amour

L'Éducation de l'Amour

Item Information

Title:
L'Éducation de l'Amour
Description:
In the foreground, Mercury sits, naked and seen from behind. He presents to Love a sheet of written paper. Cupid, seen from the front, is naked and stands between the legs of Mercury. He throws himself back, looks at his tutor and refuses to participate in the lesson. In the background, on a higher ground, Venus is stretched out along on the grass and watches over. Along the bottom, there are shadows and on the right, a dove rests on the edge of a square stone, next to a tuft of flowers.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Date:
1862
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Gods
Goddesses
Mercury (Roman deity)
Venus (Roman deity)
Cupid (Roman deity)
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 3
Additional information accompanying item: Executed on the right section of the same stone as H. 2. 5 or 6 trial proofs pulled at Lemercier's without name of printer. Stone destroyed.
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_000370
Barcode:
36666000192829