Skip to content

Cart

Your cart is empty

Aubrey Beardsley, "The Interrogation of the Herald" (c. 1900), illustration from "Leusistrate"

Sale price¥88,000

This work was created by Aubrey Beardsley as an illustration for the play "Lysistrata" by the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes.
The scene depicted shows an emissary from Sparta arriving and an elderly man carefully verifying his identity.
The dialogue between the two is humorous and at the same time full of provocative satire.

In the original illustration, the messenger's male genitalia was depicted in an exaggerated form, but this was revised at the editor's request for publication, and this is the revised version.
The original painting, which is an early draft, is currently housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK.

The bold contrast between black and white, the composition that makes use of the white space, and the mixture of decorativeness and caricature are the true essence of Beardsley's art.
This painting was included in a memorial collection published by John Lane & Company around 1900 as a posthumous work by Beardsley, who died young in 1898.

This is an original antique print produced at that time.

Information

  • Artist : Aubrey Beardsley

  • Title of work : Interrogation of the Messenger (Examination of the Herald) / Illustration from "Lysistrata"

  • Production year : 1900

  • Technique : Line block (line drawing printing)

  • Size : Work approx. 28.2 x 21.8 cm
    (Frame not included)

  • Artist / Title : Aubrey Beardsley / The Herald

  • From Plate 84

Related links

To learn more about Beardsley's literary illustrations, see also:

👉 Beardsley and Salome: The Ultimate in Decadent Beauty

All Authentic. All Original.

--All genuine, all original.


This work is an original antique print made over 100 years ago.

All works sold at Rivoli Antiques are genuine works of artistic value that were printed at the time, and are not later reproductions or copies.

1 in stock
オーブリー・ビアズリー ≪使者の尋問(ヘラルドの審査)≫ の額装写真
Aubrey Beardsley, "The Interrogation of the Herald" (c. 1900), illustration from "Leusistrate" Sale price¥88,000

Contact

ご質問やご相談がございましたら、下記フォームよりお気軽にご連絡ください。

【よくあるお問い合わせ内容】
  • 商品に関するご質問(状態、サイズ、額装オプション など)
  • ご注文や配送について
  • ギャラリーご来店のご予約に関すること
  • メディア・取材のお問い合わせ

  • 総合受付  03-3452-8411(受付時間13:00~17:00 火・木・金)

    📞 お電話でのお問い合わせ(予約・お問合せ専用) 090-5774-1248(受付時間 10:00〜18:00)

    店舗営業時間 10時30~19時 (定休日 日曜日)

    📩 メールでのお問い合わせ info@rivoli-antiques.com
    ※営業目的でのご連絡は電話では承っておりません。メールにてお問い合わせください。