Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball, from Hector Berlioz, sa vie et ses oeuvres

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1888

Henri Fantin-Latour
French, 1836-1904

French composer Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique is an epic composition that tells the story of an artist’s unrequited love for a beautiful woman, who was probably based on the Irish actress Harriet Smithson. Here, Henri Fantin-Latour paid homage to the symphony’s second movement, in which the artist, at right, tries to gain the attention of his beloved as the guests of the ball mingle in the background.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
Title: Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball, from Hector Berlioz, sa vie et ses oeuvres
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1888
Medium: Lithograph in black on off-white China paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions: Image: 23.4 × 15.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 30.7 × 21.7 cm (12 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Charles Deering Collection
Reference Number: 1927.2967
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