EMPÉDOCLE REÇEVANT DES HABITANTS DE SALINONTE LES HONNEURS DIVINS POUR AVOIR DÉSINFECTÉ UN FLEUVE. Projet soumis par LE CHARIVARI à l'Académie des Beaux

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Title:
EMPÉDOCLE REÇEVANT DES HABITANTS DE SALINONTE LES HONNEURS DIVINS POUR AVOIR DÉSINFECTÉ UN FLEUVE. Projet soumis par LE CHARIVARI à l'Académie des Beaux
Title (alt.):
EMPÉDOCLE RECEIVING FROM THE INHABITANTS OF SALINONTE THE DIVINE HONORS FOR HAVING PURIFIED A RIVER. Project proposed by LE CHARIVARI to the Academy of Fine Arts.. Charivari
Description:
In this print, the Charivari is suggesting to dedicate a temple at Salinonte in Sicily to the Greek philosopher Empedocles. In this parody, Empedocles, the famous philosopher from Agrigent, is being crowned by a priest. Empedocles is leaning on the old man, symbolizing the sick river.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1866
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Conversation pieces
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 27.5 x 24 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3927
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:
Published in: Le Charivari, May 1, 1866.
1st state.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3498