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The painting was the last of the four portraits of groups that Fantin-Latour devoted to his friends and celebrities in the arts world. He referred here to the concerts given by the group known as "Le Petit Bayreuth" initiated by Antoine Lascoux.
Eight men are depicted around a piano, from left to right. Playing the piano: Emmanuel Chabrier, composer (1841-1894); seated: Edmond Maître, writer, musician, and art collector (1840-1898) and Amédée Pigeon, poet, journalist and writer (1851-1905); standing: Adolphe Jullien, journalist, musicologist (1845-1932), Arthur Boisseau, composer, violinist (1845-1908), Camille Benoît, musicologist, composer (1851-1923), Antoine Lascoux, music enthusiast, judge (1839-1906), and Vincent d'Indy, composer (1851-1931).
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