1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Au Café d'Aguesseau is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three men sitting at a small café table. The man on the left wears a suit and stares off to the side, looking serious. The other two are bent over the table, one with a bottle and glass in front of him. The table is covered with a white cloth, and there’s a bottle, a glass, and some food on it. The room looks dim, with heavy curtains in the background. Notice how the artist exaggerates their expressions and body language—it’s almost like a quick, funny sketch. The caption below hints at a joke about lawyers and food. Want to see more sketches like this? Check out Daumier, Honoré.
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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