Mars et Vénus. Dans ce traquenard érotique En voyant les amans, tous les dieux furent pris De ce fameux rire homérique, Reservé depuis lors aux malheureux maris. (Quatrain familier de M. A***.....)
Mars et Vénus. Dans ce traquenard érotique En voyant les amans, tous les dieux furent pris De ce fameux rire homérique, Reservé depuis lors aux malheureux maris. (Quatrain familier de M. A***.....)
Title (alt.):
Mars and Venus. In this wrotic trap Watching the lovers, all the Gods were taken Made the famous Homeric laughter, Reserved for married husbands. (Familiar quatrain by Monsieur A***.....). Charivari
Description:
Mars and Venus are caught in a net. A group of gods are laughing at them. 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:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, November 27, 1842.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
