1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Marius a minturnes is a 1842 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man climbing from dark water, reeds at his waist. He’s alone in the wet part. Above him, two figures in draped tunics watch from a rocky ledge. That’s Marius, a Roman general. Daumier chose this moment to mix myth with real human struggle. The lines are sharp but soft in places, like the water really moves. See how he uses ink in layers? That’s lithography—drawing on stone, then printing. It keeps details crisp even in black and white. Look up Daumier, Honoré.
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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