"Une péroraison à la Démosthène," plate 33 from Les Gens de Justice
Honoré Daumier
November 1, 1847
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, in memory of Muriel Washer, 2013
Accession Number
2013.999.2
Tags
Men
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...