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Henri Fantin-Latour

Rinaldo

Description

Maker

Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)

Title

Rinaldo

Year

ca. 1877-78

Medium

  • Black lithographic crayon with scraping

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Black lithographic crayon with scraping

Materials

crayon

Dimensions

40.6 x 49.5 cm (16 x 19 1/2 inches) (inside mat)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Incised signature at ll: Fantin; inscribed in black crayon, lc: Rinaldo; inscribed in black crayon, uc: Johannes Brahms; inscribed in graphite, ur: Fevrier -78

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

29.284

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Projects & Publications

Publications

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Selection V: French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

French watercolors and drawings from the Museum's collection, ca. 1800-1910

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

French Drawings in the Time of Degas
Aug 19, 2005 – Jan 22, 2006

Label copy

Fantin-Latour met Degas shortly after Degas’s return to Paris from Italy in 1859, and they became lifelong friends and colleagues. Fantin-Latour was among the artists and writers who congregated for lively debates at the Café Guerbois.

Fantin-Latour was drawn to the idea of capturing musical themes in visual terms. Rinaldo was inspired by an 1868 Brahms cantata for male chorus and orchestra whose text was derived from Goethe’s translation of Tasso’s epic poem of 1581 about the First Crusade, Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Liberated). In RISD’s drawing, the fictional Christian knight Rinaldo renounces the Saracen sorceress Armida and leaves her enchanted island to rejoin his troops.

Master Drawing from the Museum and a Private Collection
Jun 19, 1946 – Oct 27, 1946

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Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
Rinaldo, ca. 1877-78
Black lithographic crayon with scraping
40.6 x 49.5 cm (16 x 19 1/2 inches) (inside mat)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 29.284

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