About this artwork
Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhaüser was first interpreted by Henri Fantin-Latour in 1862. This second revised version of Venusberg was Fantin-Latour’s first attempt at transfer lithography, a printing method in which the artist’s drawing is transferred directly onto a lithographic stone. Here, Tannhaüser is depicted in Venus’s realm of sensual delights. Nymphs dance to the music of a flute player, and Venus reclines upon Tannhaüser’s lap, gazing passionately into his eyes.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Henri Fantin-Latour
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Title
- Tannhäuser: Venusberg
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Origin
- France
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Date
- Made 1876
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Medium
- Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on grayish-ivory chine laid down on thick ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- 409 × 502 mm (image); 410 × 505 mm (primary sheet); 498 × 598 mm (secondary sheet)
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Credit Line
- The Art Institute of Chicago
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Reference Number
- 1927.2939
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/44015/manifest.json
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