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Source Description
Henri Fantin-Latour’s drawings featured imaginative compositions, often inspired by the music of contemporary German composers. This sheet relates to the symphonic work <em>Manfred</em> by Robert Schumann (1848), a drama in which Manfred encounters apparitions while mourning his lost lover. Fantin used layers of dark charcoal to evoke the emotional tenor of his subject and to translate the experience of listening to Schumann’s music using a visual medium.
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Document identity
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374023
label
Fairy of the Alps
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
374023
contentType
drawing
title
Fairy of the Alps
description
Henri Fantin-Latour’s drawings featured imaginative compositions, often inspired by the music of contemporary German composers. This sheet relates to the symphonic work <em>Manfred</em> by Robert Schumann (1848), a drama in which Manfred encounters apparitions while mourning his lost lover. Fantin used layers of dark charcoal to evoke the emotional tenor of his subject and to translate the experience of listening to Schumann’s music using a visual medium.
date
c. 1885
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q84279939
creators
374020
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 62.5 x 46.7 cm (24 5/8 x 18 3/8 in.)
cul
France
accession
2019.225
Source extras
tec
charcoal with white chalk and black chalk, with framing lines in black crayon and squaring marks in graphite, on laid paper discolored to tan
tombstone
Fairy of the Alps, c. 1885. Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904). Charcoal with white chalk and black chalk, with framing lines in black crayon and squaring marks in graphite, on laid paper discolored to tan; sheet: 62.5 x 46.7 cm (24 5/8 x 18 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund, 2019.225
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, upper right, in charcoal: Fantin
didYouKnow
This drawing relates to a print of the same year. Fantin used this sheet to work out his composition before completing a drawing on tracing paper, which was then used to transfer the image to a lithographic stone.
citations
citation
Hédiard, Germain. "Les Dessins de Fantin-Latour." Unpublished manuscript, 1901. Bibliothèque Nationale de France (YB3-2752-4).
page_number
Mentioned: nos. 77 (dessins encadrés) and 12 (exposition chez M. Tempelaere)
citation
Dubourg, Victoria. <em>Catalogue de l’œuvre complet (1849–1904) de Fantin-Latour</em>. Paris: Floury, 1911.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 129, no. 1242
citation
<em>Tableaux modernes et du XIXe siècle </em>[. . .] <em>appartenant à M. X </em>[. . .]. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1937.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 4, no. 11
citation
Salsbury, Britany. <em>Nineteenth-Century French Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Lewes, UK, Cleveland, Ohio: GILES; Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 142-143, no. 26
catalogueRaisonne
Dubourg 1242
creditline
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund
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2026-05-29 08:57:34.531000
sourceId
374023
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Drawings
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DR - French
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charcoal with white chalk and black chalk, with framing lines in black crayon and squaring marks in graphite, on laid paper discolored to tan
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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