1842
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Telemachus Ravaged by Love is a 1842 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows Telemachus, the Greek hero, looking disturbed as he clutches his chest. His wild hair and messy clothes make him look more troubled than heroic. Daumier made this for a funny magazine called *Le Charivari*. Telemachus was a serious figure in ancient stories, but here he’s turned into a joke about love’s pain. Look up Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) next.
This print was published in Le Charivari (October 9, 1842) as plate 27 from the series Ancient History.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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