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Dark lithograph of a bearded man in a black doublet and white collar kneeling, arm raised toward a pale shape on a tree trunk at right, under a night sky.

Benvenuto Cellini, Act III: The Casting of Perseus

A bearded man in a dark doublet and white collar kneels on a dark ground, one arm flung up toward a pale shape at the top of a tall tree trunk at right. Rendered in black lithographic crayon on ivory paper, the night scene is dense with textured shadow and a faint city skyline.

Artist
Henri Fantin-Latour
Date
1888
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2394 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1888).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection

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