Tannhäuser: Venusberg
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Richard Wagner's opera Tannhaüser was first interpreted by Henri Fantin-Latour in 1862. This second revised version of Venusberg was Fantin-Latour's first attempt at transfer lithography, a printing method in which the artist's drawing is transferred directly onto a lithographic stone. Here, Tannhaüser is depicted in Venus's realm of sensual delights. Nymphs dance to the music of a flute player, and Venus reclines upon Tannhaüser's lap, gazing passionately into his eyes.
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- Maker
- Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904
- Date
- 1876
- Medium
- Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on grayish-ivory chine laid down on thick ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 40.9 × 50.2 cm (16 1/8 × 19 13/16 in.); Primary sheet: 41 × 50.5 cm (16 3/16 × 19 15/16 in.); Secondary sheet: 49.8 × 59.8 cm (19 5/8 × 23 9/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- The Art Institute of Chicago
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
