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Honoré Daumier was known for his witty depictions of contemporary Parisian types, including the art collectors seen in this drawing. The sheet belongs to a series in which the artist depicted these connoisseurs in the process of closely studying works of art. Although here, the men's focus seems sincere, in many works Daumier caricatured his subjects' greediness, smugness, or obliviousness.

Artist / Maker	Honoré Daumier
Date	c. 1863
Culture / Origin	France, 19th century
Medium	Gray and black wash, charcoal, and graphite, with watercolor, on cream laid paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 26.2 x 19.4 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Department	Drawings
Type	Drawing

About the Artist

Honoré Daumier was eight years old when his father, a glazier and frame maker who had decided to pursue his poetic talents in Paris, sent for the wife and three sons he lad left behind in Marseilles. In Paris Daumier studied drawing with Alexandre Lenoir (1761-1839) and at the Académie Suisse. Around 1825 he began a five-year apprenticeship with the publisher and lithographer Zépherin Belliard (1798-?). The July revolution of 1830, which established Louis-Philippe as the constitutional monarch in France,… Full biography →

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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.

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