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Honoré Daumier

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Maker

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)

Title

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Year

1865-1867

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

null

Supports

Dimensions

14.8 x 28 cm (5 13/16 x 11 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed at LL, in ink: h. Daumier.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

42.208

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh
Gifts from Eliza Greene Radeke and Helen Metcalf Danforth
Jun 05, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008

Label copy

The Realist painter and famed cartoonist of 19th-century France, Honoré Daumier, made several illustrations for Miguel de Cervantes’s novel, Don Quixote (1605/1615), which was Daumier’s favorite book. The Don and his squire Sancho Panza ride upon what must be more properly donkeys than horses. The hesitancy and gait of the animals is crucial to relaying the reckless uncertainty, delusion, and humor of the story.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, 1865-1867
Pen and ink, brush and ink, and watercolor over graphite on wove paper
14.8 x 28 cm (5 13/16 x 11 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 42.208

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