Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)
Coin de table (By the Table)
1872
Oil on canvas, 161 x 223.5 cm
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Standing:
1. Pierre Elzéar (1849-1916)
2. Émile Blémont (1839-1927)
3. Jean Aicard (1848-1921)
Seated:
4. Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
5. Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)
6. Léon Valade (1841-1884)
7. Ernest d’Hervilly (1839-1911)
8. Camille Pelletan (1846-1915)
The vase with flowers is a symbol of the absent poet, Albert Mérat (1840-1909), who refused to pose with Rimbaud.