Title(s)

Reproductie van L'Énigme door Gustave Doré
L'Énigme (title on object)

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1569-2

Inscriptions / marks

• name: ‘G. Doré’

Artist

• photographer: Goupil & Cie. (mentioned on object)
• Goupil & Cie. (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Gustave Doré (mentioned on object)
• printer: Goupil & Cie. (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1874 - c. 1879

Material

• paper

Technique

Woodburytype

Measurements

height 165 mm × width 248 mm

What

• puzzle, riddle, conundrum, enigma
• sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa)
• after the battle

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Gustave Doré : peintre, sculpteur, dessinateur et graveur (RP-F-2001-7-1569)