Le Festin de Baltazar-Véron

1850

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image is a chaotic banquet scene depicted in dark pencil or charcoal. The characters have strong facial expressions and dramatic postures, reacting extravagantly around a table with dining objects. Light beams down on them from above. Background figures are seen reading papers labeled "PATRIE" and "CONSTITUTIONNEL." The scene conveys surprise and satire, with a sense of disarray and exaggerated caricature elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.569

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1997, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1979

  • Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879, NGA, 1979, no. 62.

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

Q65508841

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