Palette
Honoré Daumier
probably 19th century
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
12 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (32.4 × 26 cm)
Classification
Natural Substances|Woodwork-Miscellany
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of A.E. Gallatin, 1932
Accession Number
32.173
About the Artist
Honoré Daumier · 1810–1879
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...