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Series Title: Ancient History

The Baptism of Achilles

1842

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
printer and publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Sheet: 33.6 x 25.5 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.); Image: 20.3 x 19.7 cm (8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Bonebrake 2009.587
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 946 ; Hazard-Delteil 1922
State
IV/IV
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (August 28, 1842) as plate 22 from the series Ancient History.
A vertically oriented lithograph, rendered in sketchy black lines, depicts Thetis, a woman with light skin tone kneeling on a rocky ledge in a dark cave. She holds baby Achilles upside down by one heel over a pool of water. The infant has a furrowed brow and open mouth. Thetis wears a draped gown. Craggy walls rise behind them. Text above reads "HISTOIRE ANCIENNE," and "LE BAPTÊME D'ACHILLE" appears below with French verse.

The Baptism of Achilles

1842

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

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

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