Roses and Lilies by Fantin-Latour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2009

Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)

Title: Roses and Lilies

Date: 1888

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 18 in. (59.7 x 45.7 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2001, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

Accession Number: 2001.202.4

On View

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This canvas, in excellent condition, shows Fantin's virtuosic manipulation of paint—not only with brushes, but also with the butt of the brush and scrapers.

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