Nadar's Pantheon (Panthéon Nadar)

Artist:: Nadar (French, Paris 1820–1910 Paris)

Sitter:: Portrait of George Sand (French, Paris 1804–1876 Nohant)

Sitter:: Portrait of Victor Hugo (French, Besançon 1802–1885 Paris)

Sitter:: Portrait of Honoré de Balzac (French, Tours 1799–1850 Paris)

Sitter:: Portrait of Alexandre-Davy-de-la-Pailleterie Dumas (French, 1802–1870)

Date:: 1854

Medium:: Lithograph

Dimensions:: sheet: 32 1/4 x 45 1/4 in. (81.9 x 114.9 cm) frame: 36 x 49 in. (91.4 x 124.5 cm)

Classification:: Prints

Credit Line:: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1993

Accession Number:: 1993.1079

Not on view

Vendor: André Jammes (French)

Royal Academy of Arts. "The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings," March 17, 2007–June 10, 2007.

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. "The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings," June 23, 2007–September 16, 2007.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine," September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012.

James A. Ganz, Richard Kendall The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 17-June 10, 2007; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, June 23-September 16, 2007. New Haven, CT, 2007, pp. 39-40, ill. p. 41, fig. 32.

Nadine Orenstein, Constance C. McPhee Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine Exh. cat.: September 13, 2011 - March 4, 2012. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven and London, 2011, Entry by Nadine Orenstein, cat. no. 61, pp. 86-87, ill.

Essays
Commedia dell'arte
Gustave Le Gray (1820–1884)
Nadar (1820–1910)
The Rise of Paper Photography in 1850s France

Timelines
France, 1800–1900 A.D.

Infinite Jest: Caricature from Leonardo to Levine
Nadar

Department

Drawings and Prints (154,082)

Artist / Maker / Culture

Honoré de Balzac (17)

Alexandre-Davy-de-la-Pailleterie Dumas (8)

Victor Hugo (21)

Nadar (75)

George Sand (11)

Object Type / Material