Title

Le Tentateur, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier.

Caption

Le Tentateur, 19th century. The Tempter. [Satire on the Temptation of Christ]: If you agree to be mine, this Empire will be yours! [Russian czar Nicholas I as the devil, with his hand on the shoulder of the Greek king, Otto I, points to Byzantium in the distance as the prize for Greece entering the Crimean War].

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A37_131

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38,6Mb (3,6Mb) / 11,2in x 13,3in / 3372 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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