Frontispiece: Truth

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Frontispiece: Truth

Henri Fantin-LatourLinkedCulture matchlcp-94f548979d61

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
Object ID
44047

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.

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The Charles Deering Collection

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AAT300041273

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