1842
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Stable of Augeas is a 1842 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a stable with horses and people in the painting. The stable is messy and dirty, which is interesting because it shows a different side of ancient stories. This print was published in a series called Ancient History, which is surprising since the scene looks more like everyday life. Check out the work of artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) for more like this.
This print was published in Le Charivari (September 25 , 1842) as plate 26 from the series Ancient History .
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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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