Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
Maker
(Artists)
1808-1879
1808-1879
Title
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
Date of Production
c. 1868-72
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 100 cm (canvas)
Width: 81 cm (canvas)
Width: 81 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1932.SC.86
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
Honoré Daumier worked as a caricaturist for French newspapers but was also a painter. He devoted over 20 works to the story of Don Quixote, the idealistic knight in the 17th-century Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Instead of depicting a specific episode however, Daumier here conveys the tragic and comic qualities of the story. The proud, chivalrous but deluded knight is contrasted with his down-to-earth groom, Sancho Panza. The gaunt horse and plump donkey gently mock the unlikely pairing of these two men.
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris; Paul Rosenberg, Paris; Bignou, Paris; Lefèvre and Son, London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld in May 1923; Courtauld Gift, 1932
Exhibition History
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019 ...More
Summer Showcase - Unfinished, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015
Daumier (1808-1879): Visions of Paris, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22/10/2013-26/01/2014
Daumier, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 09/02/2000-14/05/2000
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019 ...More
Summer Showcase - Unfinished, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015
Daumier (1808-1879): Visions of Paris, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22/10/2013-26/01/2014
Daumier, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 09/02/2000-14/05/2000
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Literature
Daumier (1808-1879): Visions of Paris, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2013-2014
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
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