1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
A Naples - Le meilleur des rois... (2nd plate) is a 1851 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in fancy clothes leaning out a window, looking down at a busy street. He’s wearing a crown-like hat and a decorated coat, holding something to his mouth like a pipe or letter. Below, people move around—some walking, others sitting or lying on the ground. The drawing looks loose and sketchy, almost like a quick note. That’s because it’s a lithograph, a printmaking method where artists draw directly on stone. Next, check out lithography to see how this process works.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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