Tannhaeuser. Venusberg (1re planche)

Tannhaeuser. Venusberg (1re planche)

Item Information

Title:
Tannhaeuser. Venusberg (1re planche)
Title (alt.):
Tannhauser. 1re Acte
Description:
On the right, in the foreground, Tannhäuser sits on a mound of grass and faces the spectator with his back to the lake. Near him, a naked Venus half reclines on the grass and leans on his knees, in an attitude of seduction. On the left, there is a group of three nymphs. The one nearest to Venus and Tannhäuser sits and her knees are covered with drapery. Her chest is bare, her face is in profile, and she plays an antique flute. Another nymph stands and is seen almost from the front. Her head is thrown back, and the veils around her float behind her as she reveals herself completely naked. The third, seen from the back, is almost dressed and in a dancing pose. The landscape is of Venusberg, with a lake and grassy slopes to the right and thick foliage and shade behind the nymphs. (Wagner, Tannhäuser, act 1, scene 2)
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
Fantin
Date:
1862
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Minstrels
Goddesses
Supernatural beings
Nymphs (Greek deities)
Venus (Roman deity)
Tannhäuser
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item or material accompanying item.
Hédiard: H. 1
Additional information accompanying item: Margins not rectified. In lower margin - "1862, Tannhäuser, 1er acte, Fantin." One state, 5 or 6 trial proofs pulled at Lemercier's without the name of the printer. Stone destroyed. This impression is dedicated to Burty, collection Beurdeley. Wagner, "Tannhäuser," Act 1, Scene 2."
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_000298
Barcode:
36666003781073