Henri Fantin-Latour / Tannhäuser / 1886

Henri Fantin-Latour
Tannhäuser
1886
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Creator Name: Fantin-Latour, Ignace Henri Jean Théodore
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1836 - 1904
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Henri Fantin-Latour
Title: Tannhäuser
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1886
Creation End Date: 1886
Creation Date: 1886
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 85cm x 101cm
Inscriptions: signed lower right: Fantin 86
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1916.1038
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: This painting is based on Act I of Richard Wagner's 1845 opera Tannhäuser, a medieval tale of the struggle between sacred and profane love. Seduced by Venus, the deeply religious minstrel Tannhäuser is seen revelling in the pleasures of the goddess's court before guilt compels him to return to the real world. The sensuality of the story, and indeed of Wagner's music, is matched by Fantin-Latour's thick repetitive brushwork, which seems to draw a dreamy veil over figures and landcape.This painting was shown at the Paris Salon exhibition of 1886. An earlier version had been shown more than 20 years before.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1916.1038
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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