Skip to main content
He was your lover Madame! (bravo! bravo!) And I killed him! (bravo! bravo!)

Honoré Daumier, Maison Martinet, and others

He was your lover Madame! (bravo! bravo!) And I killed him! (bravo! bravo!)

1863

Scroll

He was your lover Madame! (bravo! bravo!) And I killed him! (bravo! bravo!)

1863

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with hand coloring, Image: 242 x 222 mm. (9 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.3890
Published in the journal "Le Charivari" on April 18, 1864.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
N.-A. Hazard and Loys Delteil, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier (Orrouy, Oise: Chez N. A. Hazard, 1904), p. 329, #1435.

Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Chez l’auteur, 1925-1926), vol. 28, n. p., #3280.

The Daumier Register, http://www.daumier-register.org/, #3280.

Inscribed: Signed in stone: upper right "h.D." Inscribed in stone: upper center "CROQUIS DRAMATIQUES par DAUMIER"; upper right "2."; lower left "Mon. Martinet 172, r. Rivoli et 41 r. Vivienne"; lower center "L'ACTEUR - Il était votre amant, Madame! (Bravo! bravo!) Et je l'ai assassiné! (Bravo! bravo!) Apprêtez-vous / a mourir! (Bravo! bravo!) Et je me tuerai après sur vos deux cadavrrres!... / UN TITI - Ah! ben, non, alors! Qu'est ce qui porterait le deuil?"; lower right "Lith. Destouches 28 r Paradis Pre."

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

Artist

Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
Meet Honoré →

Publisher

Maison Martinet

2000–2000

Meet Maison →

Printer

Destouches

2000–2000

Meet Destouches →

Explore the Collection Further

Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1861
William J. Glackens and Frederick J. Quinby Company
"Save yourself; you have killed the son of the King of Cochin-China"
1902
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1861
Megan Rooney
Your Wind for my Mirror
2021–2022
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1839
Philemona Williamson
Bend Down Your Eyes
1990
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1897–1907
Alan Michelson
Pehin Hanska ktepi (They Killed Long Hair)
2020
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1897–1907
Olafur Eliasson
Your memory of now (opening)
2016
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1886–1899
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
The Lover's Walk
1863