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Series Title: Ancient History

The Shepherds of Virgil

1842

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 34.1 x 25.4 cm (13 7/16 x 10 in.); Image: 22.5 x 19.3 cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1965.546
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 972 ; Hazard-Delteil 1948
State
III/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (December 31, 1842) as plate 48 from the series Ancient History.
A vertically oriented lithograph depicts a large, barefoot man in a floral crown sitting against a tree while playing a long, flared pipe. Facing him, a small, gaunt man stands with his head tilted back and mouth open. The background reveals a wide body of water and distant, sketchy hills. Above the frame, text reads "HISTOIRE ANCIENNE," and below, the caption "LES BERGERS DE VIRGILE" is followed by four lines of French verse.

The Shepherds of Virgil

1842

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

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

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