ACHILLE SOUS SA TENTE. De Briséis en pleurs se rappelant les charmes Le héros se plaisait en sa morne douleur. Et vraiment Patrocle en fourbissant ses armes, Tentait de ranimer sa bouillante valeur. Trad. discrète du Président P.... Ce précieux bas relief a été découvert dans les ruines de l'antique Boule rouge (faubg. Mont.re) par notre infatiguable voyageur Mr. Charles Texier Selon Mr. Ingres, Phidias, seul peut en être l'auteur.

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Title:
ACHILLE SOUS SA TENTE. De Briséis en pleurs se rappelant les charmes Le héros se plaisait en sa morne douleur. Et vraiment Patrocle en fourbissant ses armes, Tentait de ranimer sa bouillante valeur. Trad. discrète du Président P.... Ce précieux bas relief a été découvert dans les ruines de l'antique Boule rouge (faubg. Mont.re) par notre infatiguable voyageur Mr. Charles Texier Selon Mr. Ingres, Phidias, seul peut en être l'auteur.
Title (alt.):
ACHILLES IN HIS TENT. Of Briseis in tears recalling her charms, The hero in his dreary pain. And Patroclus helps prepare his armor, Trying to revive their fiery value. Discreet translation of President.... This precious bas-relief has been discovered in the ruins of the antique red ball (Faubourg Monmartre) by our tireless traveller Mr. Charles Texier. According to Mr. Ingres, Phidias alone can be the author.
Description:
This lithograph shows a carved stone fragment of Achilles is resting under his tent. During the 1840's, a quarrel between painters of the classic and romantic schools had fully flared up. Delacroix asked the "loaded" question: "Who is going to liberate us from the old Greeks?" Daumier succeeded to answer it his own way by showing historic personalities such as Hercules, Pygmalion or Agamemnon in absurd situations.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1842
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Mythology
Greek
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Antiquities in art
Mythology, Greek
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 33.5 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4872
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, March 1, 1842.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD927