About this artwork
Paying homage to the composer, Fantin depicts Richard Wagner seated at a desk in front of an open book with a plume in hand. The figure of a muse bearing a palm leaf, a symbol of divine inspiration and genius, embraces the composer.
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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
- The Muse
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1886
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Medium
- Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 22.9 × 15.2 cm (9 1/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 25.4 cm (12 13/16 × 10 in.)
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Credit Line
- The Charles Deering Collection
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Reference Number
- 1927.2954
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/44059/manifest.json