Title print for first edition of literary magazine Revue Fantaisiste with an allegory on the subjects that were central to the publication. At the top, Venus is enthroned with Amor as the personification of Love next to an open book in which a text refers to the love of science and the arts. Venus is depicted as an apparition in heaven and is flanked by two earthly knights. Beneath them, in the middle, is a monument with the title of the publication surrounded by three women and a man. The standing woman on the right is possibly Minerva. She blows a horn and next to her sits an owl. The shield with the head of Medusa is her attribute. On a leaf the text Poesie (Poesy) refers to the art of poetry. On the left is a woman wearing a pointed hat, possibly a sorceress or witch. On the left in front of the monument sits a woman without an attribute, Title print with allegories on love for poetry and art and science Frontispice de la Revue Fantaisiste., print maker: Rodolphe Bresdin, (mentioned on object), Rodolphe Bresdin, printer: Auguste Delâtre, (mentioned on object), 1861
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