Télémaque et Mentor
1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Télémaque et Mentor is a 1842 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a chubby man in a hat tumbling down a hill. An old man with a long beard watches from above, arms crossed. A cloud of butterflies swirls around the falling man. Daumier used sharp lines to show motion. The scene looks funny, but it’s actually about pride. The old man represents wisdom watching folly. Try looking up lithography next.
