Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Head of a Man
DAUMIER, Honoré (1808-1879)
This distinctive character, looking back over his right shoulder, features in two other paintings by Daumier. He appears in scenes from the barricades of the 1849 revolution. The Davies sisters also purchased a preparatory drawing. The technique in this painting is more detailed than the other works, in line and layers of colour, and was probably painted later.
Work was part of the AFA tour (2009-2010): From Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2456
Creation/Production
DAUMIER, Honoré
Date: 1855 ca.
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/4/1952
Measurements
Height (cm): 27.6
Width (cm): 35.3
Height (in): 10
Width (in): 13
(): h(cm) frame:50.2
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) frame:57.7
(): w(cm)
(): d(cm) frame:9.5
(): d(cm)
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
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