L'honneur d'être parrain

1844

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows two individuals visible from the waist up. The man on the left is standing upright with a slightly turned head, looking towards his left. He has a distinct facial expression with wide eyes and a pronounced frown, and his hair curls around his ears from under a tall, black top hat. He is dressed in a dark coat and a white shirt underneath, and he is holding large, cylindrical boxes in both hands. Next to him and slightly behind, the woman looks towards him with her head slightly angled. She has a round face with discernible eyebrows and small lips, wearing her hair pinned up with a white bonnet framing her face. She wears a dress with a high neckline and ruffled collar. She also holds a cylindrical box in her arms. In the background, there are shelves filled with more stacked, cylindrical boxes, suggesting that they are in a store or shop setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1979.49.89

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1119, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

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

Q65570000

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