Télémaque interrogé pas les sages. A l'aspect imposant de ces nobles ganaches, Télémaque en finaud jura ses plus grands Dieux, Qu'il voudrait échanger ses naissantes moustaches Contre la majesté de leurs front radieux. (Fénélon, Livre XXIV.).
Télémaque interrogé pas les sages. A l'aspect imposant de ces nobles ganaches, Télémaque en finaud jura ses plus grands Dieux, Qu'il voudrait échanger ses naissantes moustaches Contre la majesté de leurs front radieux. (Fénélon, Livre XXIV.).
Title (alt.):
Telemachus interrogated by the sages. At the imposing view of these noble blockheads, Telemachus slyly swore to his greatest Gods, That he would exchange his nascent mustache, Against their radiant brows. (Fénélon, Book XXIV.).. Charivari
Description:
We see the questioning of Telemachos by the three sages: Minos, Eaque, Rhadamante. During this time, 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.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, December 14, 1842.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
