Sujet

De Charybde en Scylla, 1869. Creator: Honore Daumier.

Légende

De Charybde en Scylla, 1869. Between Scylla and Charybdis. Allegorical figure rows a boat marked 'Europe' between cliffs inscribed 'Question Allemande' - the German Question - and 'Question d'Orient' - the Eastern Question. Between Scylla and Charybdis is a reference to Greek mythology, meaning to choose the lesser of two evils. From Actualités (News of the day), published in Le Charivari, March 20, 1869.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A01_488

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

37,1Mo (5,4Mo) / 29,9cm x 31,1cm / 3532 x 3669 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation Europe female women woman people boat boats arts politics country French France art museum geography humour cliff cliffs political war location century rowing boat difficult dilemma difficulty print concept printing B&W rowboat parody The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art allegory 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W allegorical allegorical figure lithograph nineteenth century satire satirical 1870-1871 artistic school Franco-Prussian War geographical feature lithography caricature satire lithograph Honore Daumier Honore Victorin Daumier Daumier Honore Daumier Honore Victorin lithotint H Daumier Heritage Art 19th-century Honor? Daumier Daumier Honor? Victorin Daumier Honor? Honor? Victorin Daumier lithographic War of 1870