5672864 Tannhauser, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Fantin-Latour, Ignace Henri Jean (1836-1904); 86.4x103.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Based on Wagner\'s opera, a medieval tale of the struggle between sacred and profane love, the minstrel halfheartedly praises the goddess of beauty, who has loved him for more than a year. Venus promises greater revels when Tannhauser asks for his freedom, but curses his hopes of salvation when he longs for the simple pleasures and pains of earthly life.).