Musique et poésie

Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904 · 1883

In the foreground on the right, the Poet sits at the foot of a bunch of trees. He is looking down and immersed in his reverie. His dreams are expressed by two allegorical figures sitting on the clouds: Music, in profile, holding a lyre; and behind her, Poetry, who is seen from the front and has an open book on her knees.