Feast of the Gods
c. 1849/1850, with later additions by other hands
Painter, French, 1808 - 1879
Painter
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 29 x 39 x 0.6 cm (11 7/16 x 15 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
framed: 47.9 x 58.4 x 6.4 cm (18 7/8 x 23 x 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1943.11.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
O. Ackermann, Paris, by 1908 until at least 1912.[1] Julius Meier-Graefe, Berlin. Oskar Skaller, Berlin, by 1926.[2] François Monod, Paris. Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, by 1930;[3] gift 1943 to NGA.
[1] The painting was owned by Ackermann according to Klossowski's 1908 Honoré Daumier, and lent by Ackermann to the 1912 exhibition in Saint Petersburg.
[2] Skaller lent the painting to a 1926 exhibition at the Galerie Matthiesen in Berlin.
[3] Rosenwald lent the painting to a 1930 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1906
Französische Meister, Galerie Zimmermann, Munich, 1906, no. 11
1912
Exposition centennale de l'art français. Saint Petersberg, 1912, no. 238
1926
Austellung Honoré Daumier, Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, 1926, no. 58, repro.
1930
Corot-Daumier, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1930, no. 58
1939
The Romantic Revolt, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, MA, 1939, no. 31
Bibliography
1908
Klossowski, Erich. Honoré Daumier. Munich, 1908: 87, no. 14, pl. 27.
1912
Monod, F. "L'Exposition centennale de l'Art français à Saint-Petersbourg." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 4th period, no. 7 (1912): 312.
Jean, René. L'Art français à Saint-Pétersbourg: Exposition centennale. Paris, 1912: 35 ("Voici encore Daumier satirisant les scènes mythologiques avec ce Festin des Dieux appartenant à M. Ackermann, si plein de tumulte et de gaieté").
1923
Klossowski, Erich. Honoré Daumier. Munich, 1923: 87, no. 14, pl. 27.
1930
Fuchs, Eduard. Der Maler Daumier. Munich, 1930: 63, no. 295, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 37, as by Daumier.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 30, repro., as by Daumier.
Maison, K.E. Honoré Daumier, catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. New York, 1968: I:28, 438, radiograph fig. 19, refused.
1971
Mandel, Gabriele. L'opera pittorica completa di Daumier. Milan, 1971: 113-114, no. 369, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 94, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 115, repro.
2000
Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 180-184, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20187933