Art, literature & historyFrontispiece: Truth
1885
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 45.7 × 32.2 cm (18 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 69.5 × 52.4 cm (27 3/8 × 20 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.2950
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Frontispiece: Truth — Henri Fantin-Latour. 1885.
Medium: Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 45.7 × 32.2 cm (18 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 69.5 × 52.4 cm (27 3/8 × 20 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
In addition to the work of Wagner, Fantin was influenced by other great operas composed during his lifetime. In this lithograph a muse inscribes the names of composers whose music most inspired Fantin' s lithographs. The trumpeting figure above the scroll symbolizes fame.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.