Le danseur qui se pique d'avoir conservé les belles traditions de Vestris

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1857
Height:
21.9 cm  (8 5/8 in.)
Width:
25.5 cm  (10 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
lithography
Place of creation:
Paris (France)

Additional titles

The dancer who pinches himself to have preserved the beautiful traditions of Vestris
Croquis dramatiques

    Item location

  • Bibliothèque Nationale de France
    Département des estampes et de la photographie[Museum inv. no.: Rés. Dc-180b (61)-Fol.]Sheet dimensions: 21.9 x 25.5 cm

  • Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa)
    [Museum inv. no.: G.48806]Sheet dimensions: 22.5 x 26 cm

Description

One man conducting orchestra, which appears to be playing various stringed instruments, accompanying an older male dancer.

Iconclass

48C77
conductor ~ music

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Stringed instruments [3101]

RIdIM images


Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa)

Image URLs

image link 1
Bibliothèque nationale de France
image link 2
Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa)

Bibliographic references

Bibliothéque Nationale. Inventaire du fonds français apres 1800, vol. V (Paris 1949) 560, no. 390bis/12.

Notes

Print is no. 12 in Daumier's series "Croquis dramatiques," published by Destouches. Found in the illustrated newspaper Le Charivari (Paris, France 23 January 1857).

RIdIM record id

535