Beatrice and Benedict, Act I: Nocturne, from Hector Berlioz's Opera "Beatrice and Benedict (1862)"

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c. 1888

Henri Fantin-Latour
French, 1836-1904

Here Henri Fantin-Latour depicted a scene from Béatrice et Bénédict, Hector Berlioz’s 1862 opera version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing. In this moody nighttime scene from the lighthearted opera, Héro and her maidservant, Ursule, discuss Héro’s love for the young Claudio. The moon is high in the sky, and the two young women are shrouded in darkness as they talk and embrace one another.

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Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
Title: Beatrice and Benedict, Act I: Nocturne, from Hector Berlioz's Opera "Beatrice and Benedict (1862)"
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.: 1883–1893
Medium: Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 22.6 × 15.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 22 cm (12 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Charles Deering Collection
Reference Number: 1927.2983
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