1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Carotte de l'écrin is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in old-fashioned clothes standing beside a bed. The man looks worried, with one hand on his chest. The bed has heavy blankets and a pillow, and a person is lying under them—only their head and feet peek out. The room looks dim, with rough walls and a curtain in the background. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show the scene fast, like a snapshot. The man’s posture and the bed’s messy covers hint at a story—maybe something serious is happening. Want to know more? Check out lithography.
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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