Le Sommeil d'Endymion-Berryer

1851

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing of two figures in a wooded setting. The scene is framed in an ornate, Baroque-style border. In the center, there are two figures: one resembling a plump, reclining form with a draped fabric partially covering its lower half, while it leans back with eyes closed. The second figure appears to be a ghostly presence hovering above and to the side of the first. This spectral figure is rendered with lighter shading, giving it a translucent quality, and it seems to be gesturing upwards. The background is animated with dark, dense foliage, and there are beams of light that pierce through the overhead canopy, casting illumination onto the central figures. The style of the drawing is loose and fluid, characterized by flowing lines and contrast between light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.44

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 2075, State only


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1979

  • Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879, NGA, 1979, no. 61, repro.

1999

  • Daumier: 1808-1879, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no. 117, repro. (shown only in Paris and Washington).

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

Q65357178

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