Don Quixote and the Dead Mule

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, after 1864

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Don Quixote and the Dead Mule, after 1864. Oil on wood.

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Oil on wood · 9 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (24.8 x 46 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Don Quixote and the Dead Mule
Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
Date: after 1864
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (24.8 x 46 cm)
Credit line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1909
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1808–1879

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