2007.124: Le Mage Balthazar et Fatime

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.124

People

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour, French (Grenoble, France 1836 - 1904 Buré (Orne), France)

Title

Le Mage Balthazar et Fatime

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: L'Enfant Jésus, mystère en 5 tableaux, by Charles Grandmougin (Paris, Rouam, 1892)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1892

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/320223

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph on chine collé

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 20.8 x 14.3 cm (8 3/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
sheet: 31.4 x 22.4 cm (12 3/8 x 8 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r. margin: H. Fantin
• inscription: l.r. margin in ink, signed: H. Fantin
• inscription: l.r. margin in graphite pencil, in hand of artist: A Monsieur G. Hédiard
• inscription: l.l. margin, printed: Imp. Lemercier, Paris
• inscription: l.l. corner of sheet, in graphite pencil: Poeme de Amour / G.H. 97 iv
• inscription: verso, l.r. corner: [illegible]. 197

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iv

Edition

proof impression

Standard Reference Number

H. 97

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor in memory of Robert Boardingham

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.124

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Illustrates Charles Grandmougin's "L'Enfant Jésus, mystère en 5 tablaeux":
Balthazar: La lumière croissante envahit l'azur clair, Un astre merveilleux doit émerger dans l'air
Fatime: O rage! me voila vaincue et pour jamais!

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