Bouquet of Roses
Medium
lithograph (proof) on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 63.6 × 48.6 cm (25 1/16 × 19 1/8 in.) image: 41.5 × 35.5 cm (16 5/16 × 14 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2021.25.1
Art Historical Context
Henri Fantin-Latour's *Bouquet of Roses* (1879) captures the timeless allure of floral beauty through the elegant medium of lithography—a proof impression on wove paper, measuring 63.6 × 48.6 cm overall. The French artist, renowned for his meticulous still paintings, masterfully translated his hyper-realistic style into printmaking. His works often featured lush arrangements of flowers and fruit, rendered with exquisite detail that highlighted texture, light, and subtle color gradations, reflecting the 19th-century fascination with nature's ephemerality. Lithography, invented in the late 18th...
About the Artist
Henri Fantin-Latour · 1836–1904
Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour was born on January 14, 1836, in Grenoble, France, to portrait painter Théodore Fantin-Latour, who gave him his earliest drawing lessons. The family relocated to Paris in 1841, where in 1850, at age 14, he enrolled in the École de Dessin, studying under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose innovative memory-based method of drawing from observation profoundly ...