Le Mage Balthazar et Fatime

Henri Fantin-Latour

Associated Names
Henri Fantin-Latour

Artist, French, 1836 - 1904

The image shows two figures, potentially women, depicted from the waist up. One figure is seated on a bench leaning slightly forward towards the other figure. The second figure stands next to her, one arm reaching upward and the other wrapped around the seated figure. The facial features are not clearly defined due to the sketch-like texture of the artwork. Both figures have long, flowing hair and wear draped, flowing garments. The background has a dark, textured pattern, suggesting a natural or outdoor setting. There is subtle light indicating either dawn or dusk. The figures do not hold any objects or wear jewelry.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.7 x 28.8 cm (14 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
    image: 14.4 x 20.9 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hediard 1906, no. 97 iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Hédiard, Germain and Leonce Benedite. Fantin-Latour; catalogue l'oeuvre lithographique du maître...nouvelle edition revue, corrigee et completee. Les maitres de la lithographie. Paris: Librarie de l'Art Ancien et Moderne, 1906, no. 97.

Inscriptions

signed, lower left, in graphite: h. Fantin; lower right in plate: h. Fantin

Wikidata ID

Q76558991

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