# Tannhäuser

- By: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)
- Date: 1886
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Framed: 123.5 x 139.5 x 14 cm (48 5/8 x 54 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 86.4 x 103.3 cm (34 x 40 11/16 in.)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1038)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1916.1038/1916.1038_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Tannhäuser, the male figure seated on the left, does not seem fully engaged in this merry scene. Among pale bodies and pastel hues, he alone is cast in shadow. The Wagner opera that inspired the painting centers on a struggle between profane and sacred love, and the tension between them appears embodied in the brooding Tannhäuser.