# The Fairy of the Alps

- By: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
- Date: 1873
- Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 32.2 × 43 cm (12 11/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 46.6 × 61 cm (18 3/8 × 24 1/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/13515)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/bb1b3323-08c4-18d2-fd6a-b4e2d7be6ab4/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Fairy of the Alps is one of many themes that Fantin drew from the work of the avant-grade composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856). The important relationship of German avant-garde music to French art of the late nineteenth century is particularly evident in the work of Fantin-Latour and Odilon Redon.

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