The Muse
- Medium
- Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.9 × 15.2 cm (9 1/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 25.4 cm (12 13/16 × 10 in.)
- Genre
- lithograph
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph
About
Paying homage to the composer, Fantin depicts Richard Wagner seated at a desk in front of an open book with a plume in hand. The figure of a muse bearing a palm leaf, a symbol of divine inspiration and genius, embraces the composer.
