HERCULE DOMPTÉ PAR L'AMOUR. Ce dieu malin qui dans sa course triomphale Soumet tout; Rois, Pasteurs, Héros et Députés; D'Alcide interrompit les exploits redoutés Pour enchaîner aux pieds d'Omphale. Poésies galantes de Mr. Sauzet.
HERCULE DOMPTÉ PAR L'AMOUR. Ce dieu malin qui dans sa course triomphale Soumet tout; Rois, Pasteurs, Héros et Députés; D'Alcide interrompit les exploits redoutés Pour enchaîner aux pieds d'Omphale. Poésies galantes de Mr. Sauzet.
Title (alt.):
HERCULES TAMED BY LOVE. This mischievous god in his triumphant ways Subjects all; Kings, Shephards, Heroes and Deputies; Alcide interrupts his feared exploits To bind the feet of Omphale. Gallant poetry by Mr. Sauzet.. Charivari
Description:
Hercules is being driven by Cupid to fall in love. 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.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, September 18, 1842.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
