Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)
L’Immortalité (Immortality)
1889
Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 87.3 cm
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
The personification of Immortality holds the palm of victory and scatters flowers onto a tomb inscribed ‘DELACROIX’. Behind, the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral and the dome of the Panthéon national monument emerge from the Paris skyline. (NMW)
See also:
• Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) | Notre-Dame de Paris | Paris (France)