The Reading, Honoré Daumier, c. 1857

Title(s)

The Reading

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2980

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘h. Daumier’

Description

De voorlezing. Twee zittende mannen, de rechter leest voor uit een boek.

Artist

• painter: Honoré Daumier

Dating

c. 1857

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 27 cm × width 35 cm

What

• reading to somebody

Credit line

• C.D. Reich Bequest

Acquisition

bequest 1923

Copyright

Public domain

• Honoré Daumier : catalogue raisonné of the paintings, watercolours and drawings, K.E. Maison
• Van Gogh Museum : schilderijen en pastels, Ronald de Leeuw
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 49, cat.nr. A 2980