Lélio: The Aeolian Harp, from Hector Berlioz, sa vie et ses oeuvres

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1888

Henri Fantin-Latour
French, 1836-1904

Hector Berlioz created Lélio, a work incorporating both music and spoken text, as a sequel to his Symphonie Fantastique. Like its predecessor, Lélio tells the story of a failed love affair, but it also describes the artist’s turn to music as an antidote to his heartbreak. This lithograph depicts Lélio’s fifth song, in which the artist listens to an Aeolian harp. Played by the wind, this wooden instrument served as an important symbol of artistic inspiration during the Romantic era.

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Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
Title: Lélio: The Aeolian Harp, 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: 23.1 × 15.1 cm (9 1/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 30.6 × 22.7 cm (12 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Charles Deering Collection
Reference Number: 1927.2968
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