Celui-la, on peut le mettre en liberté! (This one we can set free! He is no longer dangerous!)

1834

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

Three men are depicted in the image. The first man lies in a bed, covered up to his neck with a blanket. He wears a loose shirt, a headband, and looks upward. His right arm hangs over the side of the bed near a jug on the floor. Another man stands above him to the left in a uniform with a hat and coat. Beside him to the right, a third man stands dressed in formal attire with a cape and a top hat. The background shows a textured surface with faint outlines of figures. The setting suggests an indoor scene with somber tones in the characters' attire and expressions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.4 x 25.5 cm (8 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 x 35.9 cm (10 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 85

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, as This one we can set free! He is no longer dangerous.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q76342385

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