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Series Title: Ancient History

Alexander and Diogenes

1842

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 33.8 x 25.4 cm (13 5/16 x 10 in.); Image: 26.2 x 21.5 cm (10 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1965.542
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 944 ; Hazard-Delteil 1920
State
III/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (August 14, 1842) as plate 20 from the series Ancient History.
A vertically oriented lithograph depicts the meeting of Alexander and Diogenes in a sparse landscape framed by French text. On our left, Diogenes, a bearded man with a light skin tone, reclines against a gnarled tree and smokes a pipe. On our right stands Alexander, a stocky man with a light skin tone wearing an ornate breastplate, a massive plumed helmet, and a long cape. He points toward the reclining philosopher.

Alexander and Diogenes

1842

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

(French, 1808–1879)
France, 19th century

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