# Table Corner [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FANTIN-LATOUR, Henri]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 160 x 225 cm ## Commentary This group picture brought together several writers, namely Paul Verlain, Arthur Rimbaud, Elzéar Bonnier, Léon Valade, Émile Blémont, Jean Aicard, Ernst d'Hervilly, and Camille Pelletan. Originally Fantin was planning a companion piece to his Hommage à Delacroix, which was to feature Baudelaire, the influential writer, at its centre. This plan gradually receded in favour of a rather informal grouping of literary figures around a table. This late group portrait became famous because of its authentic portrayal of Verlaine and Rimbaud, who are sitting on the left-hand side of the table in the foreground. ## Related artworks - [A Studio in the Batignolles Quarter]() - [Chrysanthemums in a Vase]() - [Corner of the Table]() - [Hommage to Delacroix]() - [Naiad]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [Still-Life of Flowers]() - [Still-Life with Flowers and Fruit]() - [The Reading]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()