1831
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dieu ai-je aimé cet être la is a 1831 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows two men on a stone bridge. One is a soldier in a dark blue uniform with gold trim and a tall hat. The other is a boy in a brown coat and green pants, leaning on the railing. Behind them, a river flows past buildings and a big ship. The soldier’s hand rests on the boy’s shoulder, but the boy looks away. The title at the bottom reads *"Dieu ai-je aimé cet être là"*—which means *"God, how I loved this being."* Next, check out the technique: lithography to see how this was made.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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