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Diogenes and His Lantern
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

Diogenes and His Lantern

n.d.

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Diogenes and His Lantern

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

Diogenes and His Lantern

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

Diogenes and His Lantern

n.d.

Physical Qualities Etching, 215 × 300 mm. (8 7/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.11068
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Not on View

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Two Rams
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A PROVERB FROM THE PERIOD. / WHAT IS DIOGENES DOING WITH A LANTERN? / THE ELEGANT DANDIES ASK WITH CONCERN. / I AM LOOKING FOR A MAN WITH MY WEAK EYES, / CAN'T FIND HIM. / THEY THOUGHT THIS ANSWER WAS QUITE A SHAME. / (POETICAL ESSAY BY M. DE RAMBUTEAU).
Honoré Daumier
A Proverb from the period. / What is Diogenes doing with a lantern? / the elegant dandies ask with concern. / I am looking for a man with my weak eyes, / can't find him. / They thought this answer was quite a shame. / (Poetical essay by M. de Rambuteau).
1842
RAISING OF LAZARUS
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
Raising of Lazarus
n.d.
MAN AND WOMAN HOLDING LANTERN BEFORE A DOOR
Charles Émile Jacque and Auguste Delâtre
Man and woman holding lantern before a door
n.d.
THE NATIVITY
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
The Nativity
n.d.
BOILED EGG (RECTO); CHINESE LANTERN (VERSO)
Marcel Duchamp
Boiled Egg (recto); Chinese Lantern (verso)
1935
THE BEARDED MAN
Georg Friedrich Schmidt and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
The Bearded Man
1750
THE MAGIC LANTERN
Paul Gavarni
The Magic Lantern
1854
Orpheus
Richard Earlom and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
Orpheus
1781
LANTERNE D'AVARE
Henri Charles Guérard
Lanterne d'avare
1874
The Exposition of Cyrus
Richard Earlom and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
The Exposition of Cyrus
1781
LANTERNE À MAURICE GUILLEMOT
Henri Charles Guérard
Lanterne à Maurice Guillemot
c. 1876