The Concave Petitioner: The Taste of the Day, no. 33 (Le Solliciteur Concave: Le Goût du Jour, No. 33)
Medium
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions
Plate: 10 11/16 x 8 1/16 in. (27.2 x 20.5 cm) Sheet: 16 x 10 1/2 in. (40.7 x 26.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1975
Accession Number
1975.607.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the vibrant world of early 19th-century French satire, *The Concave Petitioner: Taste of the Day,. 33* (1817) captures the whimsical spirit of Parisian social commentary. Created by the enigmatic artist Aaron Martinet—or possibly an anonymous collaborator—this etching belongs to a series poking fun at the "taste of the day," likely skewering contemporary fashions or mannerisms among men. Produced during the Bourbon Restoration, a time of cultural flux after Napoleon's fall, such prints reflected the era's fascination with dandyism and social climbing. The artwork's hand-colored etching tec...