Le Puits de Grenelle

1841

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows three figures. On the right side, a man is in a bent-backward stance, holding a child at a distance from him. The man has an elongated face with furrowed brows, wearing a tall top hat, long dark coat, and dark trousers. The child has dark hair and is dressed in a simple one-piece outfit, appearing wet. On the left side, a woman stands slightly angled towards the man and child. She has wide eyes, curly hair partially covered by a bonnet, and is wearing a long flowing gown with a cape-like wrap, with her hands raised slightly towards the scene. The background is a blank expanse with minimal detail and faint lines suggesting distant structures or objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3059

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 660, State i/iv


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

Q64957995

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