Ballet des Troyens: P.15016-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ballet des Troyens
Translated as: Dance of the Trojans

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fantin-Latour, Henri

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Description

Scene from Act II of _Les Troyens à Carthage_ (first performed in 1863), the second part of Hector Berlioz's grand opera in five acts, _Les Troyens_ ['The Trojans'] (1856-8). See Notes.
Six female figures wearing classical drapery are dancing in a grove of trees beside a round temple. The central figure is illuminated and holds some drapery above her head. Another figure facing left brandishes a thyrsus. A sixth figure watches the rest of the group seated on the ground at the far right. Hédiard, who identifies the subject as from 'acte II' of '_Les Troyens_' describes the location of the scene as the Gardens of Didon [Dido] at twilight after the storm ('Les Jardins de Didon; ... Crépuscule après l'orage').

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1920-12) by Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert, Sir, Bart

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1893

Note

Second state. Drawn onto the stone above the image at upper left, the first three bars of the muscial score for the 'Ballet' of Act II and at upper centre, the composer's name and title: 'H. Berlioz / Ballet des Troyens'. Signed on the stone below the image at lower right: 'h. Fantin'.

School or Style

Components of the work

Image Height 460 mm Width 520 mm
Sheet Height 562 mm Width 710 mm

Inscription or legends present

Text: h. Fantin
Location: On the stone, lower right
Method of creation: Lithography
Type: Signature

Text: Given by Sir Herbert Thompson Bart. / Trinity College, December 1920
Location: Lower right
Method of creation: Handwritten in graphite
Type: Inscription

Text: By H. Fantin-Latour (1835-1914) / G. Hédiard 114 II / Cat. no 114
Location: Lower right
Method of creation: Handwritten in graphite
Type: Inscription

Related exhibitions

The Society of Three: Alphonse Legros, Henri Fantin-Latour, James McNeill Whistler

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.15016-R
Primary reference Number: 226559
Hédiard: 114.II
Fantin-Latour (1911): 1582
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 27 February 2019 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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