Art Institute of Chicago
Frontispiece: Truth
Henri Fantin-Latour
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on cream laid paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
In addition to the work of Wagner, Fantin was influenced by other great operas composed during his lifetime. In this lithograph a muse inscribes the names of composers whose music most inspired Fantin' s lithographs. The trumpeting figure above the scroll symbolizes fame.
The authoritative record is held by Art Institute of Chicago. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Linked open data
Authority identifiers that link this record into the wider web of cultural data — stable references you can follow to the source.
- Object type
- AAT300041273
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Art Institute of Chicago and other institutions.
The Muse
Art Institute of Chicago
To Robert Schumann
Cleveland Museum of Art
Immortality
Cleveland Museum of Art
Réveil
Art Institute of Chicago
The Genius of Music
Cleveland Museum of Art
Tannhäuser: Venusberg
Art Institute of Chicago
Fairy of the Alps
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Musician
Art Institute of Chicago
The Fairy of the Alps
Art Institute of Chicago
Frontispiece for Iwan Gilkin's Damnation de l'artiste
Art Institute of Chicago
Frontispiece for Iwan Gilkin's Damnation de l'artiste
Art Institute of Chicago
Truth
Art Institute of Chicago