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Apelles and Campaste. Aware that Apelles was wasting away with love Alexander gave him Campeste and above the first art deal ever now was struck girlfriend against sculpture, oh what luck! (From Art and the Antique, a poetic essay by M. Cavé), plate 36(37) from Histoire Ancienne

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

published November 30, 1842

Apelles and Campaste. Aware that Apelles was wasting away with love Alexander gave him Campeste and above the first art deal ever now was struck girlfriend against sculpture, oh what luck! (From Art and the Antique, a poetic essay by M. Cavé), plate 36(37) from Histoire Ancienne by Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Medium

Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso

Dimensions

Image: 24 × 19.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 24.7 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

44494

About the Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier · 1808–1879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...

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