Large original allegorical drawing on canvas attributed to the circle of Fantin-Latour, ca. 1890. An angel places a laurel wreath on a bust of Franz Liszt surrounded by figures playing the piano, violin and lyre. 70 x 48 cm. A few areas of expert restoration and beautifully framed under UV-plexiglass.
"He was imbued with the spirit of Romanticism...Music provided a reservoir of ideas in which Fantin-Latour's escapism could find imaginative expression; he discovered the dreaming idealistic side of life that he did not find in contemporary society." (Jane Turner, "Grove Dictionary of Art: Late 19th Century, " p. 170)
Large original allegorical drawing on canvas attributed to the circle of Fantin-Latour, ca. 1890. An angel places a laurel wreath on a bust of Franz Liszt surrounded by figures playing the piano, violin and lyre. 70 x 48 cm. A few areas of expert restoration and beautifully framed under UV-plexiglass.
"He was imbued with the spirit of Romanticism...Music provided a reservoir of ideas in which Fantin-Latour's escapism could find imaginative expression; he discovered the dreaming idealistic side of life that he did not find in contemporary society." (Jane Turner, "Grove Dictionary of Art: Late 19th Century, " p. 170)