Duet of the Trojans, first plate
Medium
Lithograph in black on light blue China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.5 × 22.3 cm (11 5/8 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 52.4 × 38.9 cm (20 11/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
44016
Art Historical Context
Henri Fantin-Latour's *Duet of the Trojans, first plate* (187) is a captivating lithograph that showcases the French artist's mastery of printmaking during the late 19th. Created in black ink on delicate light blue China paper—then laid down on sturdy ivory wove paper—this measures 29.5 × 22.3 cm for the image alone, inviting close inspection of its intricate details. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings department, it exemplifies Fantin-Latour's shift from oil painting to lithography, a medium he embraced for its ability to blend painterly softness with precise linewor...
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 ...