L’infante 1880

"L’infante" is a lithograph by Odilon Redon from 1880. The print depicts a young child's head, rendered in a hazy, ethereal manner. The image, created through a black and white, tonal print, gives a sense of mystery and melancholia. The child’s face is partially obscured, leaving their expression open to interpretation. The delicate, almost ghostly quality of the child's image and the surrounding soft, textured background emphasizes the theme of dreams and fantasy in Redon's work, a hallmark of his Symbolist style.