Updated 04 June 2026
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<Ancient History>: (23) Beautiful Narcissus. He was young and beautiful; with their soft breath / The Zephyrs caressed his contours of manifold attractions, / And in the mirror of the fountains / He loved, as we do, to contemplate his features (Quatrain initiated by Mr. Narcisse de Salvandy)
| Date | 1842 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | lithograph, newsprint paper |
| Size（cm） | 25.4 x 20.4 |
| Standard ref. | Delteil 947 (iv/iv), Tobu I-299 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2000-0453 |
Provenance
Peter Morse; Tobu Museum of Art (Tobu Railway Company); Purchased by the NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 1997
- Honore Daumier Caricatures from the Tobu Collections: Eyewitness of an Epoch, Tobu Museum of Art, 25 January 1997 - 11 February 1997, no. 115
- 2009
- Iconomorphosis: Selected Graphics from the NMWA Collection, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 July 2009 - 16 August 2009, cat. no. 10
- 2010
- Shadows: Works from the National Museums of Art, The National Art Cener, Tokyo, 8 September 2010 - 18 October 2010, cat. no. 87
Bibliography
- 2002
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 35 (Apr. 2000-Mar. 2001), 2002, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. pp. 14-15, List of New Acquisitions. p. 57.
- 2009
- Iconomorphosis: Selected Graphics from the NMWA Collection (exh. cat). Shinfuji, Atsushi; Sato Naoki, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The Western Art Foundation, 2009, pp. 23, 111, cat. no. 10, repr.
- 2010
- Shadows: Works from the National Museums of Art (exh. cat.). The National Art Center, Tokyo et al., eds. [Tokyo], Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art, 2010, pp. 107, 183, cat. no. 87, col. repr.