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Religions and Religion
Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
1888
- Medium
- Charcoal, with stumping, on canvas prepared with a white oil paint ground
- Classification
- Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions
- 45.1 × 37.5 cm (17 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Margaret Day Blake Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Fantin' s composition is inspired by Victor Hugo's 1880 poem "Religions and Religion." In one long section of the poem, the poet listens to voices emanating from clouds that discuss the nature and history of man's religions. The drawing served as a maquette , or model, for an illustration in the collected works of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), which was published by the French government after the poet's death.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
