La mort d'Anacreon

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1842

Technique / Medium:

lithography on paper

Place of creation:

France

Additional titles

Description

In this caricature, an elderly Anacreon stretches forward at a banquet table toward a woman who is tossing a grape for him to catch in his mouth. He leans forward with his hands on the table. His large, crooked nose above his toothless mouth gapes open in anticipation of catching and swallowing the grape. His eyes gaze intently on the grape. His head is covered with a wreath of flowers. The smiling woman faces him with her right arm raised to throw the grape and the left hand holds a clump of grapes near the table top. The table has a large pitcher for wine and plates both with and without food. There is a title at the top and a humorous poem under the caption.

People as subjects

Anacreon (ca. 582 BCE-ca. 485 BCE) (Musician)

Iconclass

98B(Anacreon)68(+4)
(story of) Anacreon - death of person from classical history (+ caricature)

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Image URLs

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Notes

Caption: Entre le fromage et la poire, / Ce chantre des amours folâtrait après boire, / Lorsqu'un malencontreux pépin / Lui fit perdre le goût du pain.
Published by Chez Bauger; printed by Aubert & Cie.
Illustration from the journal, Le Charivari, 25 December 1842.

RIdIM record id

5316