
Lélio: The Aeolian Harp, from Hector Berlioz, sa vie et ses oeuvres
<p>Hector Berlioz created <em>Lélio</em>, a work incorporating both music and spoken text, as a sequel to his Symphonie Fantastique. Like its predecessor, <em>Lélio</em> tells the story of a failed love affair, but it also describes the artist’s turn to music as an antidote to his heartbreak. This lithograph depicts <em>Lélio</em>’s fifth song, in which the artist listens to an Aeolian harp. Played by the wind, this wooden instrument served as an important symbol of artistic inspiration during the Romantic era.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1888
- Dimensions
- Image: 23.1 × 15.1 cm (9 1/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 30.6 × 22.7 cm (12 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Henri Fantin-Latour
Artist

Painting
Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
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- Henri Fantin-Latour
- Year
- 1888
- Dimensions
- Image: 23.1 × 15.1 cm (9 1/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 30.6 × 22.7 cm (12 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1888-022803
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
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