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Don Quixote reading
DAUMIER, Honoré (1808-1879)
Don Quixote sits reading the chivalric tales which would inspire him to make his own knightly quests. Behind him his housekeeper and a priest look in from the doorway, concerned at his obsessive behaviour. This is just one of the many scenes the artist painted from Cervantes's famous novel. Daumier's work was hugely influential, particularly to Impressionists like Edgar Degas who once owned this painting.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2454
Creation/Production
DAUMIER, Honoré
Date: 1865-1867
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/4/1952
Measurements
Height
(cm): 82.2
Width
(cm): 65
Height
(in): 32
Width
(in): 25
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
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